The False Friends Exercise at Auto-English
Fill the gaps by choosing the most appropiate answer in brackets.
| 1 |
Did you know that Chrissie got ________________ (embarrassed/pregnant) on holiday in Ibiza? |
| 2 | The ________________ (signature/subject) I hate most is maths. |
| 3 | Begonia is a very ________________ (kind /sympathetic) person. |
| 4 | Keep ________________ (removing/stirring) the soup the whole time. |
| 5 | I couldn't agree more. That's a very ________________ (sensible/sensitive) idea. |
| 6 | The film The Quiet American was a box-office ________________ (exit/success). |
| 7 | How many ________________ (idioms/languages) can you speak? |
| 8 | ________________ (Actually/Nowadays) I'm living with my parents again. |
| 9 | The poor live in the ________________ (slums/suburbs). |
| 10 | The police came to my ________________ (assistance/attendance). |
| 11 | I've got ________________ (a cold/constipation). Pass me a tissue, please. |
| 12 | I was only living with my parents ________________ (eventually/temporarily). |
| 13 | The government have ________________ (inverted/invested) a lot of money in the new scheme. |
| 14 | Do not ________________ (invert/invest) this package. |
| 15 | The Englishman wearing navy blue socks with sandals is a bit of a ________________ (stereotype/topic) in Spain. |
| 16 | He never stops moving some part of his body. He finds it impossible to ________________ (keep quiet/keep still). |
| 17 | We didn't enjoy the wedding ________________ (absolutely/at all). |
| 18 | English is very ________________ (important/interesting) for my job. |
| 19 | All my immediate family live in England but I have a lot of ________________ (parents/relatives) in Canada. |
| 20 | My ________________ (journey/working day) is from 8 am to 5 pm but it only take me twenty minutes to get to the office. |
| 21 | The Red Cross are ________________ (controlling/monitoring) the situation in the north very closely. |
| 22 | The rebels are ________________ (controlling/monitoring) the entire north of the country. |
| 23 | ________________ (Eventually/Temporarily), we decided to go on holiday rather than buy a home cinema kit. |
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