Lemon Tree by CookiePine

Lemon Tree by the Fool's Graden

Winnie's Song

Winnie the Witch

  

   Welcome to 2012-2013  - EB 1, 2, 3 / JI Francisco Ornelas da Câmara  - school year.

   We remind you that the aim of this blog is to let you know what is going on around school, what is happening in our English classes and our attempt to, holistically, develop English skills in our students .

   We will be posting subjects of interest to our classes, photos and movies from our activities.

The Little Prince

Find out more about this story and about the author: Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry.

5th and 6th Grades Spelling Contest 2012

4th Grade Spelling Contest 2012

 



FALSE FRIENDS

I am not talking about friendship or friends who will betray you. Instead, I am simply reminding you of some basic points about the so-called “false friends” or words that tend to be more of a headache for Portuguese students of English.

These words are also known as “false cognates”. In general, they have the same etymological origin, but phonetically evolved differently.

Take notice:

1.       Café = café (loja) – café (bebida) = coffee

2.       Beef = carne de vaca – bife = steak

3.       History = Historia (disciplina) – conto, história = story

4.       Journal = diário, revista –  jornal = newspaper

5.       Library = biblioteca –  livraria = bookshop

6.       Miserable = triste, infeliz – Miserável = very poor

Find more false friends here.

"Spelling Contest" 4th Grade