Cognate Review

What is a cognate?

• Words that come from the same original word or root.

• Words that rhyme

• Words that are spelled differently, but are pronounced the same.

• Words that are antonyms.

What are the characteristics of cognates? Check all that apply.

• Look similar.

• Sounds similar.

• Have similar meanings.

• Are in the same language family.

• Are pronounced exactly the same.

French belongs to what family of languages?

• Romance

• Slavic

• Germanic

• Iranian

_________ is the language from which all Romance languages descended from.

Which is an example of cognate pair? Check all that apply.

• mesa; table

• chaise; chair

• nationalité; nacionalidad

• bouteille; botella

• dientes; teeth

About how many French words entered the English language after the Norman Conquest?

• 10,000

• 300

• 5,000

• 30,000

English and _____ belong to the Germanic language family.