Confusing words and cognates Lesson & practice

Confusing words, cognates and false cognates

CONFUSING WORDS

• Affect/Effect :

  Affect is usually a verb: Chester’s humming affected Posey’s ability to concentrate.

  Effect is usually a noun: Chester was sorry for the effect his humming had.

  If you find yourself stumped about which one to use in a sentence, try substituting the word “alter” or “result.”

  If “alter” fits (Chester’s humming altered Posey’s ability to concentrate), use affect.

  If “result” fits (Chester was sorry for the result his humming had), use effect.

Multiple Choice

The volcanic eruption ______the entire country.

• affects

• affected

• effected

Multiple Choice

Your answer will have no _____on your grade on the test.

• affect

• effect

Multiple Choice

Are these two sentences right or wrong?

• The patient asked how the medication would affect her energy level.

• The patient asked how the medication would make an effect in her energy level.

• both are right

• both are wrong

Accept/Except

• 1.  I offered her an apology, but she wouldn’t __________ it.

  2.  The museum is open daily __________ Mondays.

  3.  Everyone was there ___________ for Sally.

  The new telephones will ___________ coins of any denomination

Multiple Choice

1. I ___________ you to see a doctor.

• advise

• advice

Multiple Choice

1. I’m very grateful to you for your __________.

• advice

• advise

Advice vs. Advise: the definitions

Advice

An opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation.

Advise

To give someone advice.

Cognates

• Cognates are words with the same meaning that are spelled and sound similar in two different languages. Some examples include:

  1.    radio – radio

  2.   hospital – hospital

  3.   gorilla – gorila

  4.   coyote – coyote

False COGNATES

Cognates are words that share the same Latin and/or Greek root in Spanish and English, are very similar in spelling, and have the same or similar meaning.

However, we must be cautious with words that seem to be cognates but are not.

These are called false cognates

Common false cognates

• Arena- assist- attend- carpet- concourse - crude- criteria

• Delinquency- disgrace - divert - disgust-lecture

• Espectacles -exit - fabric - faculty

• gang-gracious- globe -mayor-success-vase -sane

  
  

  
  

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Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to:

CONDUCTOR is

Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to: CRANE is

Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to: BARK is

Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to: LOBE is

Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to: CARPET is

Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to: ATTENDANCE is

Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to: CURSE is

Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to: FILE is

Multiple Choice

The image that corresponds to: FORM is