Learn English – “Guess the animal” or “Guess what animal it is”

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A child is talking to another child:

"Hey! Guess what animal it is. It is white and black and has a long neck."

or

"Hey! Guess the animal. It is white and black and has a long neck."

Which one is correct?

Best Answer

They are both correct, but the word guess is used in different senses:

1. to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.

2. to estimate or conjecture about correctly: to guess what a word means.

The examples given are more enlightening than the definitions; you see that the usage of guess is correct either like this:

Guess the animal:

or like this:

Guess what animal this is:

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