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False friends worksheet Exercises 2
False friends worksheet Exercises 2
By Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)
Here is a letter which includes a lot of false friends. Write what the correct words should be in the
spaces given. You may need to change some of the structures around the false friend.
Rua Semnome 984,
Apartment 501,
Leblon,
22431 Rio de Janeiro,
BRAZIL.
March 1998.
Dear students,
Firstly, congratulations on the birth of your son, I'm sure he will push (1) ___________ his father!
Here is my news. Yesterday I ate 4 French breads (2) ___________ and got intoxicated (3)
___________! I felt exquisite (4) ___________ and needed to get a receipt (5) ___________ from
the doctor. There have been a lot of black outs (6) ___________ here recently. I was standing at the
balcony (7) ___________ in a shop when the lights went out. Luckily I was on the fourth pavement
(8) ___________ of the shopping (9) ___________ and not in the parking (10) ___________! I was
buying a fantasy (11) ___________ for the carnival; it was very expensive so I decided to parcel (12)
___________ it.
Have you heard about the banker's son who has been patronising (13) ___________ drug traffickers
(14) ___________, he must be very ingenious (15) ___________ if he thinks the leopard will change
it's spots!. They'll probably only catch the criminal when his crimes have prescribed (16)
___________, it's an absurd (17) ___________!.
I hear that you have invented ___________ (18) to course (19) ___________ Engineering at
university. It's sometimes difficult to find actualized (20) ___________ books, but I'm sure you'll
pass with facility (21) ___________ and then we'll commemorate (22) ___________!.
Have you been assisting (23) ___________ the new novel (24) ___________ on television? I think