FALSE FRIENDS EXERCISES

1. (UFRR/2016) Read the following passage and answer the question:

Roraima is an interesting mountain located in the Guiana Highlands. The peak

actually shares the border with Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, but the
mountain is almost always approached from the Venezuela side. The Brazil and
Guyana sides are much more difficult. The mountain’s highest point is Maverick
Rock which is at and on the Venezuela side.

Mark the alternative which contains a FALSE COGNATE:

a) mountain
b) interesting
c) point
d) actually

2. (IFGO/2012) About the sentence “help build more facilities adapted for
disabled people”, it is correct to affirm that:

a) the words “help” and “facilities” are false cognates.

b) the prefix “di-” in the word “disabled” expresses the idea of two.
c) the word “adapted” is a cognate.
d) the word “disabled” refers to “facilities”.
e) the word “build” is the subject of the sentence.

3. (PUC-Campinas/2011)

O velhinho navegador e o buscador da Internet

Perto dos 50 anos, Ramiro não suspeitava que um dia iria se render ao
computador. Corria o ano de 1989 e ele jurava que nenhuma novidade
substituiria sua velha Olivetti. Mas veio o inevitável: ele acabou descobrindo o
Word, o e-mail, a internet... e adeus, máquina de escrever.

Mas sua grande descoberta foi mesmo o buscador. (...)

"ele acabou descobrindo o Word", corresponde, em inglês, a:

a) he finished discovering Word.

b) he ended to discover Word.
c) he eventually found out Word.
d) he eventually discovered Word.
e) he finished to find out Word.
4. (UFAC/2007) All of words in each group are false cognates; EXCEPT one:

a) demand – cynic – amass – costume

b) cigar – audience – major - library
c) abstract – romance – parents – faculty
d) pretend – tax – gratuity – dissert
e) factory – dream – knowledge – release