Dear colleagues,
Here are my answers to this task.
Greetings,
Marta
Question 1:
Yes, I agree with the way they are graded. You can find my five extra words below each category.
Beginner: sitting-room / living-room, table, mirror, lamp, chair / armchair
Intermediate: bookcase / bookshelf, desk, attic, lift / elevator, fireplace, types of houses: cottage / semi-detached house / terraced house / skyscraper...
Advanced: bay windows, pantry, rug, poultry, swing, lightning arrester
Question 4: Some English false friends for my Catalan students are the following:
English – Catalan – Catalan – English
actual – real – actual – present, current
quiet – silenciós – quiet – calm, still
agenda – ordre del dia – agenda – diary
college – universitat/facultat – col·legi – primary school
to assist – ajudar – assistir a – to attend
discussion – debat – discussió – argument
to attend – assistir – atendre – to take care of
argument – discussió – argument – plot, storyline
carpet – catifa – carpeta – file
conference – congrès – conferència – lecture
exhibition – exposició – exhibició – show, performance
to translate – traduir – traslladar – to move
familiar – vist o sentit habitualment – parent – relative
parents – pares – parents – relatives
to succeed – reeixir – succeir – to happen
idiom – frase feta – idioma – language
institute – fundació – institut -high school
to realise – adonar-se’n – realitzar – to carry out
to introduce – presentar algú – introduir – to put in, to put into
to record – gravar – recordar – to remember, to remind
large – gran – llarg – long
lecture – conferència a la universitat – lectura – reading
library – biblioteca – llibreria – bookshop
miserable – molt trist – miserable – poor
notes – apunts – notes – marks
notice – avís – notícia – piece of news