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English as a Multicultural Language

Question 18 • CR-LCISD-English II A

Read the passage.When my cousin Ines visited from the Dominican Republic, she came to watch my gymnastics competition. She was impressed by my skills, so she kept calling me ágil. I realized that she was saying that I was agile, and I took that as a nice compliment.

Answer
A
affixes.
B
root words.
C
borrowings.
D
cognates.

Explanation

“Ágil” in Spanish and “agile” in English have similar spellings and the same meaning: able to move skillfully and quickly. Words in different languages that look and mean alike are cognates, so the correct choice is cognates.

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