Day 26 Worksheet – False Friends

Part I: Choose the correct word.

  1. The online session was for one hour/our.
  2. John returned/written the final document as soon as he finished copying it.
  3. My team is quite confident/confidant of winning the next project.
  4. One of the cartoon characters jumped threw/through the window.
  5. The boys were standing in a bunch of five rose/rows.
  6. We could feel their/there cold stares/stairs on me.
  7. It was hilarious to see Mr Ritter who immediately hid the peal/peel of the banana in his pocket on seeing us.
  8. Maria will meat/meet her distant relative by the end of this week/weak.
  9. Stop staring at me! You will burn a hole/whole in my face.
  10. The teacher will give lesson/lessen on new vocabulary words.
  11. Mrs Smith attended the mourning/morning session of her late neighbor.

 

Part II: Write two sentences for each of the word pairs.

their / there                                  than / then                                    which / witch

 

Part III: Words can be deceiving. Pick the correct choice.

  1. The zonal manager called a meeting/reunion to discuss the new marketing campaign.
  2. Ms Smith, a retired high school professor/teacher, is helping the beginners in learning English in USA.
  3. The team achieved/finished the task well in time.
  4. Elen drinks raisin/grape juice because it has the same heart benefits as wine.
  5. Aliya accepted her apology/sorry for being tardy to the class.
  6. Accept/Except Maria, all accepted/expected the invitation.
  7. Serena finished/achieved the race with 1st
  8. The basketball teams played the practice/practise match in the morning.
  9. The feeble woman was too weak/week to climb the stares/stairs.
  10. The advice/advise the students received from the headmaster was praiseworthy.

EDUFOLKS TIPS

False friends

  • False friends are confusing words.
  • They are similar sounding words hence you must know them before using them in your sentences.
  • Understand common words like than/then, to/too, there/their, week/weak, etc.

Answers:

Part I: Choose the correct word.

  1. The online session was for one hour.
  2. John returned the final document as soon as he finished copying it.
  3. My team is quite confident of winning the next project.
  4. One of the cartoon characters jumped through the window.
  5. The boys were standing in a bunch of five rows.
  6. We could feel their cold stares on me.
  7. It was hilarious to see Mr Ritter who immediately hid the peel of the banana in his pocket on seeing us.
  8. Maria will meet her distant relative by the end of this week.
  9. Stop staring at me! You will burn a hole in my face.
  10. The teacher will give lesson on new vocabulary words.
  11. Ms Smith attended the mourning session of her late neighbour.

 

Part III: Words can be deceiving. Pick the correct choice.

  1. The zonal manager called a meeting to discuss the new marketing campaign.
  2. Ms Smith, a retired high school teacher, is helping the beginners in learning English in USA.
  3. The team finished the task well in time.
  4. Elen drinks grape juice because it has the same heart benefits as wine.
  5. Aliya accepted her apology for being tardy to the class.
  6. Except Maria, all accepted the invitation.
  7. Serena finished the race with 1st
  8. The basketball teams played the practice match in the morning.
  9. The feeble woman was too weak to climb the stairs.
  10. The advice the students received from the headmaster was praiseworthy.

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