Questões de Concurso
Comentadas sobre falso cognatos | false cognates em inglês
Foram encontradas 129 questões
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Unesc
Órgão:
InoversaSul
Prova:
Unesc - 2025 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Anos Iniciais e Finais |
Q3161501
Inglês
Cognates can help recognize meanings in English texts,
while false cognates require more attention to avoid
misinterpretations. Regarding the topic, analyze the
following statements:
I.The word important is a true cognate that means "importante" in Portuguese.
II.The word fabric does not mean "fábrica" in Portuguese but rather "tecido."
III.The term eventually is not a true cognate of "eventualmente" because it means "finally" or "in the end."
The correct statements are:
I.The word important is a true cognate that means "importante" in Portuguese.
II.The word fabric does not mean "fábrica" in Portuguese but rather "tecido."
III.The term eventually is not a true cognate of "eventualmente" because it means "finally" or "in the end."
The correct statements are:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Unesc
Órgão:
InoversaSul
Prova:
Unesc - 2025 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Anos Iniciais e Finais |
Q3161498
Inglês
Cognates and false cognates can either facilitate or
hinder the understanding of texts in English, depending
on the context in which they are used. Regarding the
topic, mark T for true statements and F for false ones.
(__)The word library means "livraria" in Portuguese.
(__)The term actually is equivalent to "atualmente" in Portuguese.
(__)The word parents refers to "parentes" in Portuguese.
(__)The word education is a true cognate that means "educação" or "ensino" in Portuguese.
The correct sequence is:
(__)The word library means "livraria" in Portuguese.
(__)The term actually is equivalent to "atualmente" in Portuguese.
(__)The word parents refers to "parentes" in Portuguese.
(__)The word education is a true cognate that means "educação" or "ensino" in Portuguese.
The correct sequence is:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Avança SP
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Morungaba - SP
Prova:
Avança SP - 2025 - Prefeitura de Morungaba - SP - Professor de Educação Básica II - Inglês - Edital nº 1 |
Q3156510
Inglês
In a TED Talk about space exploration, students
understood terms like "constellation,"
"gravitational," and "atmospheric" without prior
teaching. However, they misinterpreted
"actually" as "currently" and "pretend" as
"intend." The interpretation errors occurred due
to:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Unesc
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Maracajá - SC
Prova:
Unesc - 2025 - Prefeitura de Maracajá - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3153138
Inglês
Understanding texts in English requires the use of
efficient reading strategies. Analyze the following
statements.
I.Skimming is a reading technique that searches for specific information, such as names and dates, in a text.
II.Scanning is a strategy used to quickly locate specific information without reading the entire text.
III.Inference consists of understanding the meaning of the text solely by identifying cognates.
The correct statements are:
I.Skimming is a reading technique that searches for specific information, such as names and dates, in a text.
II.Scanning is a strategy used to quickly locate specific information without reading the entire text.
III.Inference consists of understanding the meaning of the text solely by identifying cognates.
The correct statements are:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Unesc
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Maracajá - SC
Prova:
Unesc - 2025 - Prefeitura de Maracajá - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3153130
Inglês
The English vocabulary consists of words with different
meanings and contextual uses. Regarding this topic,
mark T for the true statements and F for the false ones.
(__)True cognates are words that have similar spelling and meaning in English and Portuguese, such as information.
(__)In English, bored and boring can be used interchangeably to describe people and situations.
(__)In English, actually means "currently" and is synonymous with currently.
(__)The term false friends refers to words that look similar in English and Portuguese but have different meanings, such as pretend and "pretender."
The correct sequence is:
(__)True cognates are words that have similar spelling and meaning in English and Portuguese, such as information.
(__)In English, bored and boring can be used interchangeably to describe people and situations.
(__)In English, actually means "currently" and is synonymous with currently.
(__)The term false friends refers to words that look similar in English and Portuguese but have different meanings, such as pretend and "pretender."
The correct sequence is:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Máxima
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Santo Antônio do Grama - MG
Prova:
Máxima - 2024 - Prefeitura de Santo Antônio do Grama - MG - Professor de Inglês |
Q4208658
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto a seguir.
For decades, it seemed that the purpose of our education system was to
encourage competition. Schools would award prizes to the most talented
student and proudly display their names on bulletin boards. Nowadays, in
many institutions, the key word has become "inclusion": no one should be left
behind. Resources are channeled into helping the east capable; everyone's
work (good or bad) is on the walls; and prize tables are heavily loaded with
awards to make sure everyone is awarded a prize for something. Which
approach is right?
Attempts to make education more inclusive are frequently criticized. Many
point out that once students leave the protective environment of the
classroom, they will face the challenges of the working world: what use will
false reassurance be then? The purpose of school must be to reveal to
people their limitations, so that they can find a vocation that suits them.
In the past, allowing the talented to rise to the top through competition would
certainly have been important. In most factories, it was useful to separate the
potential managers from the unskilled workforce, and companies relied on
finding talented individuals to win business before their competitors did. An
ethos of competition also helped countries to compete effectively with other
nations as they scrambled for territory, raced to accumulate armaments or
even traveled into space ahead of rivals.
But in the 21st century, are we really preparing young people for a world of
competition? The academic James F. Moore argues that the days when
businesses competed with each other are ending. Moore believes we should
talk of "business ecosystems" nowadays. International corporations operate
in global networks of suppliers and partners. Sometimes; even rival
corporations work together. For example: companies often have to
collaborate to define common industry standards.
What's more, hierarchies are disappearing within organizations. Modern
companies have a wider range of business functions (public relations, IT,
research and development), and so skills. Knowledge and decision-making
are spread throughout the organization. In a modern marketing department
alone, there are teams for collecting and analyzing a wealth of customer data,
designing brands, advertising, etc. Each individual contributes vital skills and
must receive equal training. Low-skilled work, by comparison, is increasingly
being performed by automated labor; that is, robots.
But it isn't just in businesses that cooperation is becoming the norm. In the
past, individuals, colleges, governments, and companies didn't have to
collaborate. Now', 'collective impact" is becoming the gold standard. For
example, an anti-obesity project called "Shape Up Somerville" managed to
significantly bring down the average BMI (body mass index) in the town in
just three years, by involving schools, colleges, local businesses, charities,
government, and local citizens in a program of collective action. Led by
academics, and funded by four agencies. The work involved designing
school lunch menus, improving walkways, introducing gym membership
packages, and running campaigns amongst the public.
Competition can still be useful. It's stimulating and can help us learn about
ourselves. But it should not become a dominant feature of education
systems. Those who do not receive investment will find it increasingly hard to
fit into the modern world. It really is learning to take part that counts.
Fonte: (Texto retirado do livro Accelerate 2 p. 56.)
Dentre as palavras presentes no texto analisado, aquela que NÃO é
cognato é:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
POLICON
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Canarana - MT
Prova:
POLICON - 2024 - Prefeitura de Canarana - MT - Professor de Língua Estrangeira - Inglês |
Q3620067
Inglês
Abaixo segue listados termos cognatos e falsos cognatos.
Assinale a alternativa que indica um falso cognato, sendo
que a primeira está em inglês e a segunda em português:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
OBJETIVA
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Catuípe - RS
Prova:
OBJETIVA - 2024 - Prefeitura de Catuípe - RS - Professor - Língua Inglesa |
Q3414587
Inglês
Alguns erros de tradução ocorrem devido aos chamados “false friends”. Sendo assim, assinalar a alternativa em que a tradução para a língua portuguesa está CORRETA:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Avança SP
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Caçapava - SP
Prova:
Avança SP - 2024 - Prefeitura de Caçapava - SP - Professor II - Inglês |
Q3407912
Inglês
Select the pair that represents true cognates, sharing similar meanings in both English and Portuguese.
Ano: 2024
Banca:
IDESG
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Nova Venécia - ES
Prova:
IDESG - 2024 - Prefeitura de Nova Venécia - ES - Professor - Língua Inglesa |
Q3400252
Inglês
Mark the alternative in which all three words are NOT false friends.
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AEVSF/FACAPE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Petrolina - PE
Prova:
AEVSF/FACAPE - 2024 - Prefeitura de Petrolina - PE - Professor Substituto do Ensino Fundamental - Anos Finais de Língua Estrangeira Moderna - Inglês |
Q3380954
Inglês
O verbo “to push” em português é um:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AEVSF/FACAPE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Petrolina - PE
Prova:
AEVSF/FACAPE - 2024 - Prefeitura de Petrolina - PE - Professor Substituto do Ensino Fundamental - Anos Finais de Língua Estrangeira Moderna - Inglês |
Q3380953
Inglês
Escolha a alternativa que melhor traduz a palavra em negrito da sentença abaixo.
My mother is a very sensible woman.
Ano: 2024
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Bandeirante - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2024 - Prefeitura de Bandeirante - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3367745
Inglês
After the lecture, she decided to attend the mayor's
appointment at city hall to discuss the community's
agenda, which actually focused on the balance between
urban development and environmental conservation.
How many false cognates can we find in the sentence above?
How many false cognates can we find in the sentence above?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
FURB
Órgão:
SED-SC
Prova:
FURB - 2024 - SED-SC - Professor - Língua Estrangeira Inglês |
Q3338236
Inglês
Read the following quote from "The Young American", by
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1844):
"We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature is always providing such in every society: only let us have the real instead of the titular. In every society some are born to rule, and some to advise. The chief is the chief all the world over, only not his cap and plume. It is only this dislike of the pretender which makes men sometimes unjust to the true and finished man".
Which false cognate did we find in the text?
"We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature is always providing such in every society: only let us have the real instead of the titular. In every society some are born to rule, and some to advise. The chief is the chief all the world over, only not his cap and plume. It is only this dislike of the pretender which makes men sometimes unjust to the true and finished man".
Which false cognate did we find in the text?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
FURB
Órgão:
SED-SC
Prova:
FURB - 2024 - SED-SC - Professor - Língua Estrangeira Inglês |
Q3338229
Inglês
Read the following quotes from "The Song of Achilles",
by Madeline Miller (2011):
"He is known now only because of how his story touches yours. If you go to Troy, your fame will be so great that a man will be written into eternal legend just for having passed a cup to you".
"Nine months later, her womb yielded two sets of twins: Clytemnestra and Castor, children of her mortal husband; Helen and Polydeuces, the shining cygnets of the god. But gods were known to be notoriously poor parents; it was expected that Tyndareus would offer patrimony to all".
"I sat again on the grass, and he resumed his stretches. I watched the breeze stir his hair; I watched the sun fall on his golden skin. I leaned back and let it fall on me as well".
In every quote, a false cognate can be found. Which ones are they?
"He is known now only because of how his story touches yours. If you go to Troy, your fame will be so great that a man will be written into eternal legend just for having passed a cup to you".
"Nine months later, her womb yielded two sets of twins: Clytemnestra and Castor, children of her mortal husband; Helen and Polydeuces, the shining cygnets of the god. But gods were known to be notoriously poor parents; it was expected that Tyndareus would offer patrimony to all".
"I sat again on the grass, and he resumed his stretches. I watched the breeze stir his hair; I watched the sun fall on his golden skin. I leaned back and let it fall on me as well".
In every quote, a false cognate can be found. Which ones are they?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
FURB
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Guabiruba - SC
Prova:
FURB - 2024 - Prefeitura de Guabiruba - SC - Professor IV - Inglês |
Q3329006
Inglês
Texto associado
NO KID-DING Why you should never let your kids take a
bag on the plane − even if it's free
(§ 1) A TRAVEL expert has revealed you should never let
your kids bring a bag on the plane if you want a
stress-free journey.
(§ 2) Experienced flyer, Vanessa Grant recommends
parents don't let their kids take a bag with them after
sharing her recent experience of travelling with her kids -
aged 8 and 11.
(§ 3) "Smart packing is what really saved us," she said.
(§ 4) Vanessa did two long-haul flights with her family
from Canada to Indonesia which went smoothly because
the kids didn't have bags, she claims.
(§ 5) It is important to "instil a sense of responsibility" in
kids however, it is not worth the stress of tracking down a
lost backpack __ a busy international airport, according
to the travel expert.
(§ 6) Vanessa explained: "The stakes are just too high
and even replacing a charging cord can be pricey at a
duty-free shop, let alone a whole backpack's worth of
stuff."
(§ 7) It is also important to bring the right type of carry-on
when travelling with your family, to make your life a lot
easier.
(§ 8) A small rolling suitcase is perfect for long-haul
flights and "is like the clown car of carry-ons".
(§ 9) Vanessa added: "It fits a change of clothes for three
of us, plus toiletries and some snacks."
(§ 10) Instead of storing your carry-on in the overhead
bins you should put it __ the seat of your shortest child so
they'll be able to rest their feet on it, Vanessa
recommends.
(§ 11) This clever hack will stop your child from
complaining as it is "uncomfortable to have your legs
hanging for hours".
(§ 12) Packing a change of clothes for everyone will
ensure you have a smoother journey, according to the
experienced flyer.
(§ 13) "Spills and vomiting can happen to anyone," she
said.
(§ 14) Vanessa added: "One of my kids lost multiple
socks __ the plane and in the hotel.
(§ 15) "Luckily most airlines give passengers a little
package including a toothbrush and toothpaste, ear
plugs, an eye mask and socks so we had a few extra
pairs."
(§ 16) Bringing snacks for your kids can end up saving a
lot of money as they likely won't eat all the food offered
by airlines, "unless your child is a unicorn".
(§ 17) Vanessa also recommends bringing an empty
water bottle you can fill up before getting on the plane.
(§ 18) Most kids on flights are thrilled to get "hours of
uninterrupted screen time, both on their tablets and the screens on the back of seats in front of them".
(§ 19) However, screens even for kids can get old
quickly.
(§ 20) Parents should bring alternative activities for their
children.
(§ 21) Vanessa brought a book, notepad and pens which
kept them entertained throughout the flight.
(§ 22) Forgetting either your charger or headphones can
spoil the whole journey, the travel expert claims.
(§ 23) Parents will need the chargers to make sure their
children can stay entertained on the screens.
(§ 24) "We brought headphones for everyone," Vanessa
said.
(§ 25) She added: "No one—including you—wants to
hear the sound effects from your kid's favourite video
game for hours on end."
https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/26306770/never-let-your-kidstake-a-bag-on-plane/ (adaptado)
Consider the text and the following assertives:
I.charging cord (§ 6) could be translated as "cabo de carregamento".
II.carry-on (§ 7) could be translated as "bagagem de mão".
III.spoil (§ 22) could be translated as "mimar".
Which one(s) is(are) correct?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
IDCAP
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Barra do Rocha - BA
Prova:
IDCAP - 2024 - Prefeitura de Barra do Rocha - BA - Professor Fundamental Nível III – Inglês |
Q3309554
Inglês
How many false cognates do we find in the following sentence?
"It is sensible to register for a course that aligns with your career goals and personal interests."
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Avança SP
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Paraty - RJ
Prova:
Avança SP - 2024 - Prefeitura de Paraty - RJ - Professor de Educação Básica II - Língua Inglesa |
Q3269540
Inglês
Texto associado
“There is a kind of sleep that steals upon us sometimes, which, while it holds the body prisoner, does not free the mind from a sense of things about it, and enable it to ramble at its pleasure. So far as an overpowering heaviness, a prostration of strength, and an utter inability to control our thoughts or power of motion, can be called sleep, this is it; and yet we have a consciousness of all that is going on about us; and if we dream at such a time, words which are really spoken, or sounds which really exist at the moment, accommodate themselves with surprising readiness to our visions, until reality and imagination become so strangely blended that it is afterwards almost a matter of impossibility to separate the two. Nor is this, the most striking phenomenon, incidental to such a state. It is an undoubted fact, that although our senses of touch and sight be for the time dead, yet our sleeping thoughts, and the visionary scenes that pass before us, will be influenced, and materially influenced, by the mere silent presence of some external object: which may not have been near us when we closed our eyes: and of whose vicinity we have had no waking consciousness. ”
— Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
The word "prostration" in the sentence "an
overpowering heaviness, a prostration of
strength" means:
Q3264955
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto para responder à questão.
A Construction Technician is a skilled professional
involved in construction processes. They can be in general
construction or more specialized roles such as drafting,
inspecting, and managing, depending on their training or
experience. After going through training programs, their scope
may extend to monitoring build progress, preparing sites, and
drafting blueprints using CAD software. Once they accumulate
years of experience, they will be tasked with supervising the
contracting team and project.
This professional’s responsibilities include: the
management of all remodel activities; the enforcement of
safety requirements to implement safety conditions at work
site; the creation of reports about qualitative and quantitative
methodologies; the hiring of contractors for maintenance work
and upgrades.
Many hard and soft skills are essential for success and
crucial for a construction technician’s day-to-day tasks.
Because they have to interpret complex information and
transform abstract ideas into tangible products, the number
one technical skill necessary for success in construction is
excellent communication skills, both receiving and delivering
accurate and relevant information.
(https://www.zippia.com/construction-technician-jobs/.10.06.2024. Adaptado)
Dentre as palavras retiradas do primeiro e segundo parágrafos, aquela que representa um falso cognato no
contexto é
Ano: 2024
Banca:
INAZ do Pará
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Capão Alto - SC
Prova:
INAZ do Pará - 2024 - Prefeitura de Capão Alto - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3199455
Inglês
Which of the alternatives below presents the correct
translation for the term "sensible", avoiding a false
cognate error?
"She is a very sensible person, always considering others' needs before making decisions".
"She is a very sensible person, always considering others' needs before making decisions".
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