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title: Today, tomorrow, now, later — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 21 «Today, tomorrow, now, later» of the Chinese street 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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# Today, tomorrow, now, later

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The 15 questions of lesson 21 «Today, tomorrow, now, later» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 85 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/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t1/) — my mate thinks míngtiān means "morning" cos "míng" sounds like morning. right? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t2/) — Lín says he's coming "mǎshàng" from his game. Twenty minutes later he's still playing. What's the joke? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t3/) — Which word points back in time, and which forward? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t4/) — Lín says "wǒ zuò tiān" with a falling zuò. What sounds wrong? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t5/) — It's Friday. Lín says the sleepover is hòutiān. Which day is it? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t6/) — why does English need four words "the day after tomorrow" when Chinese has one? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t7/) — In a cartoon a boy asks "can I have sweets?", and his mum says "yǐhòu zài shuō". He cheers. Was he right to cheer? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t8/) — Lín's granny says "shàngwǔ" about the dentist. When is it? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t9/) — What would happen if you told Lín "zǎoshang jiàn" at home time on Monday? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t10/) — Which time word hides "after noon" inside it? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/t11/) — Lín's dad says "jīntiān tài wǎn le, míngtiān ba". What's the plan? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/e1/) — Identify the Mandarin term denoting the day subsequent to the morrow. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/e2/) — It is given that "mǎshàng" is employed by a parent who stands ready to depart. Select the interpretation consistent with the established usage. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the parental utterance "yǐhòu zài shuō"? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/21-today-tomorrow-now-later/e4/) — Ascertain the literal composition of the term "xiàwǔ", signifying afternoon. — wrong ✗ · exam

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