Questões de inglês

Tópicos de Falsos Cognatos

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falso Cognatos:

To sort: classificar, separar
costume: traje, fantasia
large: grande
luck: sorte
habit: hábito
wide: largo

Complete as orações a seguir com esses Falso Cognatos:

a) Giving 03 kisses is an old __________ in Brazil between girls who want to get married.
b) I have to do a work for school. I have to __________ works in English in Portuguese texts.
c) I m nervous. I ll do the "vestibular". Don t worry? Good __________ for you.
d) Janice is wearing a beautiful __________.
e) Tokyo is a very __________ Japanese city.
f) I like to swim in __________ river.

resposta:a) habit
b) sort
c) luck
d) costume
e) large
f) wide

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falso Cognatos:

expert: perito, especialista
notice: aviso
faculty: corpo docente
smart: esperto
news: notícia
college: faculdade

Complete as orações a seguir com esses Falso Cognatos:

a) Gerald is an ___________. He knows how to work with computers.
b) I want to study languages in __________.
c) I have a very good __________ for you. I ll go to the USA.
d) Public Universities have the best __________. All of them are Masters and Philophy Doctors.
e) Don t smoke here! Are you seeing a ___________ on the wall?
f) As he is the best student in his class and he is also very __________, he gave the correct answer soon.

resposta:a) expert
b) college
c) news
d) faculty
e) notice
f) smart

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falsos Cognatos:

To attend: freqüentar, comparecer, tratar (de doentes)
To pretend: fingir
To understand: entender, compreender
To answer: responder, atender ao telefone, à porta
To intend: pretender

Complete as orações a seguir com esses Falso Cognatos:

a) The telephone is ringing. Can you __________ it?
b) I ___________ to live in the USA for one year.
c) If you want to get into college, you have to __________ all classes.
d) Do you ____________ what your teacher says?
e) Rosana __________ to be an intelligent woman, but in fact she isn t.

resposta:a) answer
b) intend
c) attend
d) understand
e) pretends ( Simple Present - 3 pessoa do singular)

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falso Cognatos:

Sensible: sensato
Sympathetic: solidário
estate: propriedade, imóvel
sensitive: sensível
nice: simpático
state: estado

a) When my mother died in November 1991, everybody was so ___________ with me.
b) Be __________ to your guests. It s your 15th birthday.
c) Come on. Be __________ and agree with us. Our idea is more practical.
d) We can find water in three __________: liquid, solid, and gaseous.
e) My father works as a Real __________ agent. He sells apartments, houses and so on.
f) Sylvia is such a ___________ girl. She cries a lot.

resposta:a) sympathetic
b) nice
c) sensible
d) states
e) estate
f) sensitive

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falso Cognatos:

Collar: gola (de camisa, de blusa)
novel: romance
proper: adequado
necklace: colar
soap opera: novela (telenovela)
own: próprio

Complete as orações a seguir com esses Falso Cognatos:

a) There was a beautiful scene at the __________ last night at Rede Globo.
b) You aren t wearing __________ clothes for the wedding.
c) I am reading the new __________ by Agatha Christie.
d) My boyfriend gave me a wonderful __________. It s gold.
e) Don t be gossiper! Live your __________ life.
f) Nobody likes the __________ of your jacket.

resposta:a) soap opera
b) proper
c) novel
d) necklace
e) own
f) collar

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falso Cognatos:

To realise: perceber, imaginar
Exit: saída
lecture: conferência, palestra
to accomplish: realizar
success: sucesso
reading: leitura

Complete as orações a seguir com esses Falso Cognatos:

a) I always go to __________ on Languages. It s very important to my professional life.
b) I didn t __________ that you were there.
c) His __________ is much better now.
d) I m not feeling well. It s too hot here. Where is the ___________?
e) My mother is very proud of my brother s __________ in his career.
f) I couldn t __________ my plans.

resposta:a) lectures
b) realize
c) reading
d) exit
e) success
f) accomplish

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falso Cognatos:

Prejudice: preconceito
To resume: reiniciar, retomar
Fabric: tecido, pano
loss: prejuízo, perda
to summarize: resumir
factory: fábrica

Complete as orações a seguir com esses Falso Cognatos:

a) Martin Luther King fought against race __________.
b) Jane s dress is made of a fine Chinese __________.
c) I had an accident and my car was a total __________.
d) The __________ didn t work yesterday, because all the workers were on strike.
e) When I read an interesting article, I like to __________ it.
f) After a short rest the speaker __________ his lecture.

resposta:a) prejudice
b) fabric
c) loss
d) factory
e) summarize
f) resumed (Passado Simples)

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falso Cognatos:

Exquisite: fino, bonito
Convict: condenado (subst.)
To record: registrar, gravar
strange: esquisito
sure: convicto, certo
to remember: recordar, lembrar-se

Complete as orações a seguir com esses Falso Cognatos:

a) I m so sorry but I didn t __________ your birthdate.
b) He looks __________ today. Is he sick? Does he have a problem.
c) Please, be quiet! I m going to __________ a tape.
d) Are you __________ you want to go downtown alone?
e) After the judgment, the __________ was take to the State Penitentiary.
f) I like the French cuisine. It s so __________.

resposta:a) remember
b) strange
c) record
d) sure
e) convict
f) exquisite

(Outros) Complete as orações a seguir com os seguintes Falso Cognatos:
ACCENT - STRESS - ACTUALLY - NOWADAYS - ADVICE NOTICE - ADVISE - WARN

a) Take my __________: don t smoke.
b) __________ people prefer to buy CD s rather than LP s.
c) I m __________. Don t do that again.
d) My uncle has lived in Brazil for 60 years, but he spoke Portuguese with a strong __________.
e) They think he is very rich, but __________ he is poor.
f) In the word "teacher" the __________ is on the first syllable.
g) What does that __________ say? It says "No Smoking".
h) The doctor __________ me to stay in bed for three days.

resposta:a) advice
b) nowadays
c) warning
d) accent
e) actually
f) stress
g) notice
h) advised

(Outros) Observe os seguintes Falso Cognatos:

To retire: aposentar-se
Data: dados, informações
To push: empurrar
to take away: retirar
date: data
to pull: puxar

Complete as orações a seguir com esses Falso Cognatos:

a) What is the __________ of your wedding anniversary?
b) If you are going to enter the room, you have to __________ the door.
c) __________ the old books from my house.
d) We need more __________ to discover the murderer.
e) Most people _________ after 30 years of work.
f) It s very cold this morning, so I have to __________ my car to start it.

resposta:a) date
b) pull
c) take away
d) data
e) retire
f) push

(Mackenzie1997) The meaning of CONSISTENT in the sentence "Mr. Brown s behavior is not consistent with his ideas." is:

a) coherent. b) contradictory. c) right. d) persuasive. e) strong.

resposta:[A]

(Unirio1997) A opção que contém um falso cognato é:

a) enthusiasts. b) processes. c) outdoors. d) spades. e) parts.

resposta:[D]

(Unb1998) Still in relation to the text, judge the items below.

(1) "is washed" (Ø.10) is in the active voice.
(2) "some" (Ø.11) can be correctly replaced by few.
(3) "pretend" (Ø.14) is the same as make believe.
(4) "he" (Ø.20) refers to "one man" (Ø.19).

resposta:F F V V

(Uerj1998) The alternative which presents a false cognate is:

a) "atrocities" (ref. 1) b) "evidence" (ref. 2) c) "honorable" (ref. 3) d) "condemn" (ref. 4)

resposta:[B]

(Ufrs1998) The best translation for the word "policy" (ref.6) is

a) política. b) polícia. c) apólice. d) policial. e) polidez.

resposta:[A]

(Uece1999) Aponte o vocábulo que, tal como REALIZE (ref. 5), se inclui entre os FALSOS COGNATOS:

a) invention b) lecture c) conflict d) proverb

resposta:[B]

(Uff2000) In "I can not believe that someone actually funded this project" (Bonnie, USA), ACTUALLY means:

a) as it happens b) nowadays c) theoretically d) really e) by the way

resposta:[D]

(Pucrs2001) The word "realize" (ref.6) can be translated by

a) realizam. b) praticam. c) percebem. d) aplicam. e) defendem.

resposta:[C]

(Fei2000) De acordo com o texto, como você traduz EVENTUALLY (par.2)?

a) possivelmente b) eventualmente c) finalmente d) casualmente e) certamente

resposta:[C]