Activity 1 – Choose the best false friend to complete the sentences.

1) The children …………… to be doctors when playing together.a-pretend     b- turn   c-understand 2) The teachers…………… to give extra classes outside regular school hours.a-pretend    b-intend    c-resume 3) “Hello” is the most popular ………………in England.a-magazine    b-legend    c-novel 4) The…………..in that dish was found to be harmful.a-condom   b-commercial    c-preservative 5) This……………was written by Sidney Sheldon.a-soap opera    b-novel    c-magazine 

Activity 2 – Escolha a alternativa que traz a palavra sublinhasa usada inadequadamente:

a) She's a sensitive girl. She needs lots of love and attention.

b) I didn't actually go to England - I stayed in Scotland.

c) He cries all the time. I think he's too sensible.

d) All my relatives except my Portuguese cousins will he there.

Activity 3 – Assinale a alternativa que contém a tradução correta das palavras em negrito

DAY AT WORK

3.In the morning I attended a meeting between management and union representatives. The discussion was very comprehensive, covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both sides were interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The secretary recorded everything in the notes. Eventually, they decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement.

( )a)atendi – compreensiva – compromisso – recordou –eventualmente

( )b)compareci- inteligível - se comprometer – recordou - eventualmente

( )c)compareci- abrangente – fazer concessões- gravou - finalmente

( )d)compareci- abrangente – entrar em acordo – gravou - finalmente

( )e)atendi – ampla –fazer concessões – gravou – eventualmente

Activity 4 – Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked me if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. I pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment, and left for the cafeteria.

( )a)ofício-realizei-polícia –retirou – pretendia – encontro -cafeteria

( )b)escritório- me realizado – policiamento – se retirado –pretendia – encontro –cafeteria

( )c)ofício- dado conta- política- retirados – pretendia –compromisso - cafeteria

( )d)escritório – percebido – política – aposentado – fingi -compromisso -refeitório

( )e)ofício – percebido – politicagem – aposentado – fingi –compromisso - refeitório

Activity 5 - Here is a letter which includes a lot of false friends. Write what the correct words should be in the spaces given.

Dear students,

Thank you for your letter, which arrived yesterday. Here is a resume (1) ___________of my news. I have finished my post-graduation (2) ___________ course at university and am trying to arrange (3) ___________ a job as a Formula One pilot (4) ___________. I had to visit (5) ___________ São Paulo for an interview last week. As the climate (6) ___________ was so good, I decided to pass (7) ___________ a few days there. I enjoyed the night life, there are lots of good programs (8) ___________ to do at night, but I can't support (9) ___________ the traffic. It's impossible to find a parking (10) ___________, which sometimes makes me nervous (11) ___________. I combined (12) ___________ to meet Susan at a shopping (13) ___________. I bought a new smoking (14) ___________, and she bought a new pair of tennis (15) ___________ to use (16) ___________ when she practices (17) ___________ tennis. I like Susan, she's very sympathetic (18) ___________ and simple (19) ___________, but she can be a bit sensible (20) ___________ at times. We are pretending (21) ___________ to go to a camping (22) ___________ together during the summer holidays. I have been having particular (23) ___________ classes with an English professor (24) ___________. I'm enjoying the classes, it's much better than studying at an English course (25) ___________. I'm going to take the Cambridge First Certificate exam in December, so I'm decorating (26) ___________ English prepositions!. I'm having a party next month and you're invited, so put it in your agenda (27) ___________! I'm having the party in the play ground (28) ___________ at my apartment. It should be a good party as all my parents (29) ___________ are coming.An funny thing happened to me the other day.