Word Gender
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The following ten words can be divided into two groups of five words. The words within each group will share a common characteristic. What are the two groups? Which words belong in those groups?
dam late lice linger per son stern tent under use
Solution:
The two groups are: words that can be prefixed with "ma" to form a new word, words that can be prefixed with "pa" to form a new word.
Group 1: dam, lice, linger, son, under (madam, malice, malinger, mason, maunder)
Group 2: late, per, stern, tent, use (palate, paper, pastern, patent, pause)
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