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COGNATES VS FALSE COGNATES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a cognate?

a)

I is walking mi dog to the bleach

b)

words in french and english that look/pronounce alike

c)

words in french and english that have the same meaning

d)

Words in spanish that relate to english

2.

What are true cognates?

a)

Words that look alike and have the same meaning in french and english

b)

Words that are emotional in spanish

c)

Words in english that have the same meaning

d)

The antonym of a synonym

3.

Wich one is true?

a)

The real name of Tomas is Tomasu

b)

semi-false cognates are words in two languages that have some similar and some different meanings

c)

False cognates are words in two languages that have different meaning

d)

Antrophie is a word in english

4.

Wich ones are true cognates?

a)

bras vs bras

b)

Despair vs joy

c)

clothes vs vêtements

d)

ability vs habileté

5.

Attendre vs to attend: true or false cognates?

a)

false

b)

true

6.

gratitude vs gratitud: cognates in french and english?

a)

yes, totally dude

b)

😉😂😊😋

c)

NO GRATITUD IS A SPANISH WORD

7.

Select the true cognates

a)

piano vs piano

b)

bracelet vs bracelet

c)

chair vs chair

d)

destination vs destination

8.

Select the false cognates

a)

Actuellement vs actually

b)

brasserie vs brassière

c)

ballet vs ballet

d)

cycle vs cycle

9.

advertisement vs avertissement : true or false cognates?

a)

SO TRUE

b)

SO NOT TRUE DUDE

10.

What do we call false cognates in french?

a)

faux cognats

b)

vrai cognac

c)

faux amis

d)

Things that are annoying and make languages hard