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title: Practising when you would rather not — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Arts
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Practising when you would rather not

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The 15 questions of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» of the arts course of Mova's primary school with their options, 83 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t1/) — Your mate goes, "long practice = better, whatever you do in it, innit." Is he right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t2/) — What would happen if you always practised a piece fast with lots of mistakes? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t3/) — Grandad in Yorkshire says to Ella, "you haven't got it, bless yer" ("bless yer" softens a hard comment). What is the kindest true reply? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t4/) — A cartoon hero plays a piece once, badly, then wins a big contest the next day. What is wrong with this? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t5/) — Ciara says she's "wojus" (terrible) after a week. What is most likely? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t6/) — Kenji's sister says imagining playing is "the same as real practice". Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t7/) — Neighbour in Melbourne says, "give it a rest till the arvo" ("arvo" means afternoon). What does he want? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t8/) — Which plan uses 20 minutes best? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t9/) — Ivy says, "No pain no gain, eh." What should she know? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t10/) — Your uncle reckons that if practice is boring, you're "just not meant for music". Is he right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/t11/) — What would happen if Darya practised bar 12 slowly ten times, then joined it to the bars around it? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/e1/) — Identify the principal deficiency of a practice method in which a performer recommences the entire piece upon each error. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the so-called ten-thousand-hour rule. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/e3/) — Determine the most probable consequence of habitual rapid practice accompanied by frequent errors. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/e4/) — Ascertain the appropriate response of a performer who experiences pain in the course of prolonged practice. — wrong ✗ · exam

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