Unit 10: The dog ate my homework!
False friends, loanwords and linking devices
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- 3 Can't buy me love
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- 5 The colleague from hell
- 6 Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
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- 11 The diary of a double agent
- 12 Fashion forward
- 13 Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14 Extreme sports
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- 16 Me, my selfie and I
- 17 Endangered animals
- 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19 I'm really sorry...
- 20 Telling stories
- 21 Fakes and phrasals
- 22 Looking to the future
- 23 Becoming familiar with things
- 24 From rags to riches
- 25 Against the odds
- 26 Our future on Mars?
- 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28 Dodgy dating
- 29 Annoying advice
- 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
Session 1
Sometimes a word in English looks familiar, but it doesn't mean what you think it does! Learn about these false friends and do lots of activities in this session.
Activity 3
False friends
It looks familiar, but…
Now let's look at some false friends. Fattoria is a word in Italian. But what do you think it means in English? Here's a clue: it means either factory or farm... but which one?
If you said farm, well done! Although fattoria looks like the word factory, it actually means farm. It's a false friend.
To do
Now, to help you start exploring this aspect of language learning, let's do an activity to see if you can spot some other false friends. Read the six example sentences. Some of the words in bold are loanwords which are used correctly, some are false friends which are used incorrectly. Can you spot which are which? Drag the words into the correct columns.
ፅሁፉን ያንብቡና ቀጣዩን ክንውን ይሞክሩ
Example sentences
1) There was a huge student manifestation against rising fees at the weekend.
2) Marc would find the horror film too scary. He's very a sensible person.
3) Can I borrow your handy? Mine is out of battery.
4) Frank sleeps in green pyjamas.
5) Boris wore his most formal costume to the interview.
6) Cedric lives in a bungalow in Fife.
Loanword or false friend?
6 Questions
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
It sounds like the students are angry about something. What do you call a gathering of people who want to protest against something?ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
If you're easily scared or affected by things, you're...?ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
'Handy'' is an adjective in English.ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
This word has more than one spelling in English.ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
'Costume' is a word in English. But is it being used correctly here?ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
It looks like this is a kind of house. But is it being used correctly?Question 1 of 6
Loanword
False friend
Excellent! Great job! መጥፎ እድል ነጥብ አስመዝግበዋል :
Loanword or false friend?
6 Questions
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
It sounds like the students are angry about something. What do you call a gathering of people who want to protest against something?Question 1 of 6
ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
If you're easily scared or affected by things, you're...?Question 2 of 6
ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
'Handy'' is an adjective in English.Question 3 of 6
ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
This word has more than one spelling in English.Question 4 of 6
ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
'Costume' is a word in English. But is it being used correctly here?Question 5 of 6
ድጋፍ
Activity
Read the six example sentences above, and pay attention to the six words in bold. The bold words used correctly in those sentences are loanwords; the bold words used incorrectly are false friends. Drag each word into the correct column.
ፍንጭ
It looks like this is a kind of house. But is it being used correctly?Question 6 of 6
Excellent! Great job! መጥፎ እድል ነጥብ አስመዝግበዋል :
End of Session 1
We hope you enjoyed learning about false friends, cognates and loanwords. Watch out for them in this unit. In the next session, we're looking at the language of cause and effect. Join us then!
Session Vocabulary
loanwords
words from one language which are used in another language, with the same meaning in both languagesfalse friends
words which look similar or the same in two languages but have different meaningsmanifestation
a sign of something existingsensible
showing good sensehandy
convenientpyjamas
sleeping clothescostume
set of clothes from a particular period of history, or a set of clothes which someone wears so that they look like someone elsebungalow
a one-storey house