Cognates - False Cognates Practice

What is a Cognate?

• Words that look similar with similar meaning to Spanish

• Words that appear similar to Spanish but have different meaning

• A word for the name of a toothpaste

• A false friend

Mark the words that are Cognates for English-Spanish

• Attractive

• Error

• Favor

• Actually

Complete the sentence with a correct word for the context:

^{Medical community is concerned with the _____________ epidemic situation in the city.}

• Actual

• Current

• Actuality

• Currently

What is a False Cognate?

• Words that look similar but have different meanings

• Words that look similar with similar meanings

• Words that look different with different meanings

• A False Word

Mark all the words that are False Cognates

• Bomber

• Familiar

• Compromise

• Cigarette

Complete the sentence with a correct word for the context:

Can you ______________ what you learned in the lesson?

• Summarize

• Resume

• Resumirize

• Summer

What is a Semi-False Cognate?

• A True Cognate

• Words that sound and look similar but have different meanings

• A word that sometimes is a cognate depending on the context

• Words that sound and look different but with similar meanings

Complete the sentence with a correct word for the context:

The Ministry of Health ____________ to investigate Covid-19 cases in the country.

• Pretends

• Intends

• Pretension

• Intention