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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Answers

1 DidyouknowthatChrissiegotpregnantonholidayinIbiza?
2 ThesubjectIhatemostismaths.
3 Begoniaisaverykindperson.
4 Keepstirringthesoupthewholetime.
5 Icouldn'tagreemore.That'saverysensibleidea.
6 ThefilmTheQuietAmericanwasaboxofficesuccess.
7 Howmanylanguagescanyouspeak?
8 NowadaysI'mlivingwithmyparentsagain.
9 Thepoorliveintheslums.
10 Thepolicecametomyassistance.
11 I'vegotacold.Passmeatissue,please.
12 Iwasonlylivingwithmyparentstemporarily.
13 Thegovernmenthaveinvestedalotofmoneyinthenewscheme.
14 Donotinvertthispackage.
15 TheEnglishmanwearingnavybluesockswithsandalsisabitofastereotypeinSpain.
16 Heneverstopsmovingsomepartofhisbody.Hefindsitimpossibletokeepstill.
17 Wedidn'tenjoytheweddingatall.
18 Englishisveryimportantformyjob.
19 AllmyimmediatefamilyliveinEnglandbutIhavealotofrelativesinCanada.
20 Myworkingdayisfrom8amto5pmbutitonlytakemetwentyminutestogettotheoffice.
21 TheRedCrossaremonitoringthesituationinthenorthveryclosely.
22 Therebelsarecontrollingtheentirenorthofthecountry.
23 Eventually,wedecidedtogoonholidayratherthanbuyplasmaTV.

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