Question

1. (UFRR/2016) Read the following passage and answer the question: Roraima is an interesting mountain located in the Guiana Highlands. The peak actually shares the border with Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana, but the mountain is almost always approached from the Venezuela side. The Brazil and Guyana sides are much more difficult. The mountain’s highest point is Maverick Rock which is at and on the Venezuela side. Mark the alternative which contains a FALSE COGNATE:
a) mountain
b) interesting
c) point
d) actually
2. (IFGO/2012) About the sentence “help build more facilities adapted for disabled people”, it is correct to affirm that:
a) the words “help” and “facilities” are false cognates.
b) the prefix “di-” in the word “disabled” expresses the idea of two.
c) the word “adapted” is a cognate.
d) the word “disabled” refers to “facilities”. e) the word “build” is the subject of the sentence.
3. (PUC-Campinas/2011) O velhinho navegador e o buscador da Internet Perto dos 50 anos, Ramiro não suspeitava que um dia iria se render ao computador. Corria o ano de 1989 e ele jurava que nenhuma novidade substituiria sua velha Olivetti. 2 / 2 Mas veio o inevitável: ele acabou descobrindo o Word, o e-mail, a internet... e adeus, máquina de escrever. Mas sua grande descoberta foi mesmo o buscador. (...) (Valdomiro Carrão, inédito) "ele acabou descobrindo o Word", corresponde, em inglês, a:
a) he finished discovering Word.
b) he ended to discover Word.
c) he eventually found out Word.
d) he eventually discovered Word.
e) he finished to find out Word.
4. (UFAC/2007) All of words in each group are false cognates; EXCEPT one:
a) demand – cynic – amass – costume
b) cigar – audience – major - library
c) abstract – romance – parents – faculty d) pretend – tax – gratuity – dissert
e) factory – dream – knowledge – release​

Answer 1

Resposta:

1- Alternativa D. "actually" é um falso cognato, porque pode ser confundido com "atualmente" quando seu real significado é "na verdade".

2- Alternativa C. O verbo "adapted" é um cognato, já que parece com o verbo "adaptado".

3- Alternativa E. He finished to find out Word.

4- Alternativa E. Factory – dream – knowledge – release