Paraphrasing
Paraphrase the sentence by changing the underlined noun into a verb.
It was my assumption that we would go to dinner after the show.
I assumed that we would go to dinner after the show.
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We regularly asked the heptapods why they _____________ (to come). Each time, they _____________ (to answer) "to see," or "to observe."
We regularly asked the heptapods why they had come. Each time, they answered "to see," or "to observe."
The computers of today are very portable, unlike those of the past.
What does portable mean?
Able to be carried or moved
What is Louise Bank's main profession?
She is a linguist.
Paraphrase the sentence by changing the verb into a noun.
We waited until you arrived.
We waited until your arrival.
What is the antonym of a "cause"?
an effect
Complete the sentence with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses.
I looked at the sentence in Heptapod B that I just ____________ (to write), using simple pen and paper.
I looked at the sentence in Heptapod B that I had just written, using simple pen and paper.
His handwriting is illegible.
What does illegible mean?
Unable to be read
How many eyes and limbs do the aliens possess?
Seven each
Paraphrase the sentence by changing the bolded noun into a verb?
What is the relationship between climate change and artificial intelligence?
How does climate change relate to artificial intelligence?
What is an antonym for "occasionally"?
often, frequently, regularly
Complete the sentence with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses.
"I picked one of the longer utterances from the conversation. What Flapper __________ (say) was that the heptapods' planet __________ (have) two moons, one significantly larger than the other."
"I picked one of the longer utterances from the conversation. What Flapper had said was that the heptapods' planet had two moons, one significantly larger than the other."
Without microscopes, invisible life forms might never have been discovered.
What does invisible mean?
Unable to be seen.
What is the difference between Heptapod A and Heptapd B?
Heptapod A is the spoken language of the heptapods, while Heptapod B is the written language. They are two different languages.
Paraphrase the sentence by changing the verb into a noun.
That free will exists means that we can't know the future.
The existence of free will means that we can't know the future.
Give two synoynms for the word "interpret".
example sentence: How would you interpret that idiom?
translate, explain, understand
ex. How would you understand that idiom?
ex. How would you translate that idiom?
ex. Could you explain that idiom?
Complete the sentence with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses.
Perhaps they were scientists, perhaps they ____________ (to be) tourists. The State Department instructed us to reveal as little as possible about humanity, in case that information ____________ (can) ____________ (to use) as a bargaining chip in subsequent negotiations.
Perhaps they were scientists, perhaps they were tourists. The State Department instructed us to reveal as little as possible about humanity, in case that information could be used as a bargaining chip in subsequent negotiations.
Without an education, Classical literature remains inaccessible to most people.
What does inaccessible mean in this sentence?
Unable to be understood or appreciated.
The term for a situation in which whatever is gained by one side is lost by the other side.
zero-sum game
Paraphrase by changing the verb into a noun.
For brothers, they don't resemble each other that much.
For brothers, they don't have much of a resemblance.
What is a synonym for "uncanny"?
strange, mysterious, unnatural...
I took another look at the writing for the simple noun-verb examples, the ones that _____________ (to seem) inconsistent before. Now I _____________ (to realize) all of them actually did contain the logogram for "heptapod"; some were rotated and distorted by being combined with the various verbs, so I _______________ (not to recognize) them at first.
I took another look at the writing for the simple noun-verb examples, the ones that had seemed inconsistent before. Now I realized all of them actually did contain the logogram for "heptapod"; some were rotated and distorted by being combined with the various verbs, so I had not recognized them at first.
That case is incompatible with the new Huawei phone model.
What does incompatible mean?
unable to exist or work together.
The first breakthrough the physicists and mathematicians had with the heptapods was in explaining to them what scientific principle?
Fermat's Principle of Least Time