--- title: English — the questions of a course of Mova's school, with trees and pragmatics description: The test and exam questions of the English course of Mova's primary school: 60 lessons, 906 questions, each with its options, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / English # English Reading and writing English as a primary school teaches it: phonics, blending and segmenting, tricky words, vowel teams, handwriting, plurals, -ed and -ing, suffixes and prefixes, silent letters, homophones and the famous spelling traps. The questions of the English course of Mova's primary school: 60 lessons, 906 questions, every question and option parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the course at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts/) — Sounds and letters: how phonics starts — 16 questions · «my nan says u gotta learn the whole alphabet song before u can read, that's the rule innit». Is she right? - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/) — Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check — 16 questions · «ma lad reads all the words but he couldn't tell ya what happened, like». What should his mum do? - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/) — Tricky words and common exception words — 16 questions · «oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'». Is using the word wall cheating? - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling/) — Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling — 16 questions · «proper job, my lover! now read: the \_\_\_ was on the farm, cow or snow?». Which fits and why? - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/) — Handwriting: holding the pencil and joining up — 16 questions · «lefties write wrong, my nan says they made 'em use their right hand back in the day». What is true? - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/6-spelling-plurals/) — Spelling plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves and odd ones — 16 questions · «mate, it's 'two fishes and three sheeps', sounds right innit». Put him right. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e/) — Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and dropping e — 16 questions · «I was hopping you'd come» says a birthday card. What did the writer mean, and what's the fix? - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/) — Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian — 16 questions · «bruv, just write it how it sounds: televishun, stashun, mushun». What is the problem? - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/) — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment — 16 questions · «I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong». What should Rhys remember? - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/) — i before e, silent letters and other famous traps — 16 questions · «i before e except after c, always, no exceptions, sorted». What's the problem? - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/) — Homophones and near-homophones — 16 questions · «ur welcome, mate, it's grand». Uncle says the sign's wrong. Why? - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/) — Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir- — 16 questions · «I'm fixin' to misdo my homework cos I messed up». What should he say, and why? - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/) — Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea) — 16 questions · «hundred words, innit, I'll learn 'em in alphabetical order, one night». What is better? - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/) — Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea) — 16 questions · «I'll take your advise, then I'll practice». Which British spellings are right? - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/) — How to learn spellings that stick — 16 questions · «write it out ten times, that's how we learned». Freddie wrote «becuase» ten times. What's the fix? - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/) — Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home — 15 questions · ★★★ Kai's page: he can't read «enormous» and «gnarled», and doesn't know what «quarrel» means. He says, «Onl… - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/) — Retrieval: finding the answer in the text — 15 questions · «miss the answer's literally first line, done, ez». Should you stop reading after the first line every time? - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/18-inference-reading-between-the-lines/) — Inference: reading between the lines — 15 questions · «she slammed the door so she's just tired innit». What's wrong with this inference? - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/) — Prediction: what happens next — 14 questions · «she gasped so she heard a joke». Is that the best prediction? - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/) — Vocabulary in context — 14 questions · «famished means full up, deffo». What context clue proves this wrong? - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/) — Author's choices: why this word, why this way — 14 questions · «the author wrote 'Silence.' as a whole chapter cos he was being lazy lol». What's the best reply? - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/) — Reading a story: characters, plot and setting — 14 questions · «Nell's just bored, that's why she got the towel». Which clue shows she is kind, not bored? - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/) — Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report — 14 questions · «a recount is just a story innit». What's the difference? - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/) — Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries — 14 questions · «Surely you agree?» Does the writer want an actual answer? - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/) — Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures — 15 questions · «the tiger's literally on fire, that's why it's burning bright». What's the best reply? - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/) — Sentences: capital letters, full stops and the four types — 15 questions · «miss, 'Get out!' is an exclamation cos it's got !» What's the best reply? - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/) — Word classes: the jobs words do — 15 questions · «quickly's an adjective, it describes stuff, innit». What's the best reply? - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/) — Clauses: main, subordinate and joining words — 14 questions · «'Because it was raining.' is a sentence cos it's got a full stop». What's the best reply? - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/) — Fronted adverbials — 14 questions · «'after lunch we played' is fine, commas are optional innit». What should the pupil do? - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/30-relative-clauses/) — Relative clauses — 14 questions · «it's 'the boy which won', which is for everything innit». What's right? - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/) — Tense consistency and verb forms — 15 questions · Your mate goes "tense is just for maths, innit, like tens and units." What is true? - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs/) — Active and passive voice, modal verbs — 15 questions · Your mate goes "passive is lazy, teachers hate it, no cap." ("No cap" means for real.) What is true? - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/) — Commas: lists, clauses and clarity — 15 questions · Your mate goes "commas are just where you take a breath, innit." What is truer? - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/) — Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging — 15 questions · Your mate says "apostrophes just mean there's an s coming, innit." What is wrong with that? - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/) — Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers — 15 questions · Your mate goes "speech marks are for when people shout, innit." What is the truth? - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens/) — Brackets, dashes, colons, semicolons and hyphens — 15 questions · Your mate goes "brackets are for stuff that doesn't matter, so the teacher skips it." What is truer? - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together/) — Paragraphs and cohesion: holding a text together — 15 questions · Your mate goes "paragraphs are just there so the page looks less scary, bruv." What is the truth? - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/38-standard-english-and-dialect-we-was-and-we-were/) — Standard English and dialect: "we was" in talk, "we were" in writing — 15 questions · Your mate laughs at the new kid's Glasgow accent and says "he can't even talk proper." What is wrong with th… - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/) — Planning before writing — 15 questions · Your mate goes "planning is for people who can't write, mate." What is the truth? - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/) — Openings that hook the reader — 15 questions · Your mate goes "first line don't matter, the teacher reads it all anyway, innit." What is the truth? - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/) — Describing: senses, showing and precise words — 15 questions · Your mate goes "more adjectives means better writing, bro, just stack 'em." What is the truth? - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/42-building-tension-and-suspense/) — Building tension and suspense — 15 questions · Your mate goes "scary stories need loads of blood and gore or they're mid." ("Mid" means not very good.) Wha… - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/43-editing-and-redrafting/) — Editing and redrafting — 15 questions · Your mate goes "editing is for people who mess up, I'm too good for it." What is the truth? - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/) — Writing to inform, instruct and persuade — 15 questions · Your mate goes "all writing's the same, bruv, just write loads." What is the truth? - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/) — Poetry: rhyme and rhythm — 15 questions · Tom, Gen Alpha, says "Poems are mid, they don't even rhyme sometimes." ("Mid" means not very good.) What is… - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/) — Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration — 15 questions · Your mate says, "Metaphors are just lies, innit, the sun ain't a coin." Put him right. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/) — Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing — 15 questions · Your mate says, "Any short poem's a haiku, innit." Put him right. - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/) — Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell — 15 questions · Jake says, "Show-and-tell's pointless if your thing's rubbish." Put him right. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/49-debating-and-discussion/) — Debating and discussion — 15 questions · Josh says, "The loudest side wins, innit." Put him right. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/50-listening-following-talk-asking-good-questions/) — Listening: following talk, asking good questions — 15 questions · Your mate says, "Listening's easy, you just sit there and shut up." Put him right. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/) — SATs: the reading paper — 15 questions · Your mate says, "You gotta read every text super slow, three times, then answer." What is better? - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/) — SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper — 15 questions · Your mate says, "Grammar words are useless, you just talk, innit." Put him right. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/) — Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic" — 15 questions · Your mate says, "Mess up SATs and you're stuck in Year 6 forever, bruv." ("Bruv" means mate.) Put him right. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/) — Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer — 15 questions · Your mate says, "You're born a writer or you're not, end of." Put him right. - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/) — Olympiad: the Spelling Bee — 15 questions · Your mate says, "Asking for the origin is a waste of time, innit." Put him right. - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/) — Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders — 15 questions · Kai says FLYTABLE is a word; his sister says, "Nah, that's not a word, bruv." Who is right? - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/) — Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words — 15 questions · Your mate: "Nothing's spelled wrong in a dictionary, innit, so the answer's 'nothing'." What is the trick? - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/) — Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages — 15 questions · Your mate says, "You can't do UKLO unless you already speak loads of languages." Put him right. - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes/) — Olympiad: real languages and codes — 15 questions · Your mate says, "Swahili's like English, you just stick an -s on, innit: mtotos." Put him right. - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/) — Olympiad: tricky comprehension — 15 questions · Jake reads "Dogs must be carried on the escalator" and panics: "But I haven't got a dog!" What did he get wr… - ← previous: [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) - next →: [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) - ↑ back to [the questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/)