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If The dog chased the cat means the same as The cat was chased by the dog, what grammatical transformation occurred?
The sentence was changed from active voice to passive voice.
If light can mean "not heavy" and also "something that shines," what is happening?
The word has multiple meanings (polysemy).
If a secret code moves each letter forward one space in the alphabet (A → B, B → C), what does DOG become?
EPH, because each letter shifts forward once.
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If sing becomes sang in the past tense, what is the past tense of run?
“Ran,” because it follows the same irregular verb pattern.
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If dog and puppy are related, what is the relationship between cat and kitten?
A kitten is a young cat, just like a puppy is a young dog.
In an unknown language, perro means "dog" and gato means "cat." If casa means "house," what does casas mean?
"Houses," because the -s suffix likely marks the plural form.
In an unknown language, every sentence must begin with a verb. If "The dog runs" translates to Rundet dog, how would "The cat sleeps" be translated?
Sleept cat, because the verb comes first in this structure.
If happy becomes happily, what does quick become with the same change?
“Quickly,” because -ly makes it an adverb.
In a language where adjectives come after nouns, how would you translate "big house" if "casa" means "house" and "grande" means "big"?
The correct translation would be "casa grande," following the noun-adjective word order.
In a fictional language, lupo means "wolf" and lupeta means "small wolf." What does -eta likely mean?
The suffix -eta is a diminutive, meaning "small" or "little."
A made-up language uses the following number-letter substitution: A = 1, B = 2, C = 3. What does 8-5-12-12-15 spell?
HELLO, because each number corresponds to a letter in the alphabet.
A coded language changes every vowel to the next vowel in the alphabet (A → E, E → I, I → O, O → U, U → A). If "hello" is written as "hillu," how would "music" be written?
mosoc, because U → O, I → O, and the consonants remain the same.
In a made-up language, moko means “dog” and mokos means “dogs.” What do you think katos means if kato means “cat”?
“Cats,” because -s is used to make plurals.
A language has a sentence structure where the object is placed before the subject in questions. If "She reads a book" is written as Ella libro lee, how would you ask "Does she read a book?"
"Libro ella lee?", since the object libro (book) moves before the subject in a question
A language uses suffixes to change the meaning of words. If maku means "strong" and makuna means "strength," what does -na likely do?
The suffix -na turns an adjective into a noun.
This Word is Encrypted: Nqeke Enewd. The key to un scramble the word is to shift each letter 2. So A-C, C-E, X-Z.
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A secret sentence structure follows this pattern: Subject-Object-Verb in statements but Object-Subject-Verb in questions. If "The boy eats an apple" is Boy apple eats, how would you ask "Does the boy eat an apple?"
Apple boy eats?, because the object moves to the front in questions.
If teacher is someone who teaches, what does runner mean?
“Someone who runs,” because -er means “a person who does something.”
In a certain language, negation is formed by adding a prefix before the verb and changing the word order. If "He runs" is Daro poma, and "He does not run" is Poma daro poma, how would you say "She does not eat"? If "She eats" is Daro luma.
"She does not eat" would be "Luma-daro luma," following the same negation and word order rule.
In an unknown language, the sentence Doka rafi means "The sun is shining." The sentence Doka me rafi means "The sun is not shining." What does me likely mean?
Me is a negation marker, meaning "not."
A cipher replaces vowels with numbers (A = 1, E = 2, I = 3, O = 4, U = 5). If h2ll4 means "hello," how would you write "music" in this code?
m5s3c, because U = 5, I = 3, and the consonants remain unchanged.
Encrypt the word CWJIY.
First Letter move backward 15 letters. Second letter move up 4. Third move back 7. Fourth move up 3. Fifth move down 10.
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