FalseFriendsExercise

Fillthegapsbychoosingthemostappropiateanswerinbrackets.
1 DidyouknowthatChrissiegot...............................(embarrassed/pregnant)onholidayinIbiza?
2 The...............................(signature/subject)Ihatemostismaths.
3 Begoniaisavery...............................(kind/sympathetic)person.
4 Keep...............................(removing/stirring)thesoupthewholetime.
5 Icouldn'tagreemore.That'savery...............................(sensible/sensitive)idea.
6 ThefilmTheQuietAmericanwasaboxoffice...............................(exit/success).
7 Howmany...............................(idioms/languages)canyouspeak?
8 ...............................(Actually/Nowadays)I'mlivingwithmyparentsagain.
9 Thepoorliveinthe...............................(slums/suburbs).
10 Thepolicecametomy...............................(assistance/attendance).
11 I'vegot...............................(acold/constipation).Passmeatissue,please.
12 Iwasonlylivingwithmyparents...............................(eventually/temporarily).
13 Thegovernmenthave...............................(inverted/invested)alotofmoneyinthenewscheme.
14 Donot...............................(invert/invest)thispackage.
15 TheEnglishmanwearingnavybluesockswithsandalsisabitofa...............................(stereotype/topic)in
Spain.
16 Heneverstopsmovingsomepartofhisbody.Hefindsitimpossibleto...............................(keepquiet/keep
still).
17 Wedidn'tenjoythewedding...............................(absolutely/atall).
18 Englishisvery...............................(important/interesting)formyjob.
19 AllmyimmediatefamilyliveinEnglandbutIhavealotof...............................(parents/relatives)inCanada.
20 My...............................(journey/workingday)isfrom8amto5pmbutitonlytakesmetwentyminutestoget
totheoffice.
21 TheRedCrossare...............................(controlling/monitoring)thesituationinthenorthveryclosely.
22 Therebelsare...............................(controlling/monitoring)theentirenorthofthecountry.
23 ...............................(Eventually/Temporarily),wedecidedtogoonholidayratherthanbuyaplasmaTV.

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DidyouknowthatChrissiegotpregnantonholidayinIbiza?
ThesubjectIhatemostismaths.
Begoniaisaverykindperson.
Keepstirringthesoupthewholetime.
Icouldn'tagreemore.That'saverysensibleidea.
ThefilmTheQuietAmericanwasaboxofficesuccess.
Howmanylanguagescanyouspeak?
NowadaysI'mlivingwithmyparentsagain.
Thepoorliveintheslums.
Thepolicecametomyassistance.
I'vegotacold.Passmeatissue,please.
Iwasonlylivingwithmyparentstemporarily.
Thegovernmenthaveinvestedalotofmoneyinthenewscheme.
Donotinvertthispackage.
TheEnglishmanwearingnavybluesockswithsandalsisabitofastereotypeinSpain.
Heneverstopsmovingsomepartofhisbody.Hefindsitimpossibletokeepstill.
Wedidn'tenjoytheweddingatall.
Englishisveryimportantformyjob.
AllmyimmediatefamilyliveinEnglandbutIhavealotofrelativesinCanada.
Myworkingdayisfrom8amto5pmbutitonlytakemetwentyminutestogettotheoffice.
TheRedCrossaremonitoringthesituationinthenorthveryclosely.
Therebelsarecontrollingtheentirenorthofthecountry.
Eventually,wedecidedtogoonholidayratherthanbuyplasmaTV.

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