Question

Borrowed Words and Useful Cognates and False Cognates

1. Select the response that best answers the question.
Which of the following is a word borrowed from the Spanish language and used in the English language?
A. El poncho
B. El sándwich
C. El champú
D. El zíper

Answer 1

el poncho

Answer 2

2. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the English language and used in the Spanish language?
A. El poncho
B. El sándwich
C. La salsa
D. La piñata

Answer 3

el sándwich

Answer 4

3. Identify the cognate in the following passage.
Hola, Silvia. ¿Dónde estás?
Hola, Enrique. Aquí en el balcón.
A. Silvia
B. Enrique
C. Balcón
D. estás

Answer 5

Balcón

Answer 6

4. Select the response that best answers the question.
Which of the following pairs are false cognates?
A. El teléfono-the telephone
B. El diccionario-the dictionary
C. La radio-the radio
D. La carpeta-the carpet

Answer 7

la carpeta-the carpet
Lacarpeta is folder
The carpet is alfombra in Spanish

Answer 8

La carpeta is the folder

Answer 9

5. Which of the following pairs are true cognates?
A. El diccionario-the dictionary
B. La carpeta-the carpet
C. El vaso-the base
D. La ropa-the rope

Answer 10

El diccionario-the dictionary