False Friends-Test your English

Fill in the gaps with the correct words. Be careful, they’re the famous ‘false friends’, that is, they look like words in Portuguese, but have completely different meanings.

(Preencha as lacunas com as palavras corretas. Tome cuidado, os termos são os famosos ‘falsos amigos’, ou seja, parecem palavras em Português, mas têm significados completamente diferentes.)

The children …………… to be doctors when playing together.

a-pretend     b- turn   c-understand

 

The teachers…………… to give extra classes outside regular school hours.

a-pretend    b-intend    c-resume

 

“Hello” is the most popular ………………in England.

a-magazine    b-legend    c-novel

 

The…………..in that dish was found to be harmful.

a-condom   b-commercial    c-preservative

 

This……………was written by Sidney Sheldon.

a-soap opera    b-novel    c-magazine

 

The……………from both sides of the family were at the wedding.

a-relatives    b-foreigner    c-preservative

 

The………………on the wall said the meeting started at 9 A.M.

a-notice     b-appointment  book   c-agenda

Now, post your answers as comments, we’ll make the answers available shortly. (Agora, poste suas respostas como comentário, divulgaremos as respostas em breve.)