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title: How to learn spellings that stick — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 15 «How to learn spellings that stick» of the English 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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# How to learn spellings that stick

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The 16 questions of lesson 15 «How to learn spellings that stick» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 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/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t1/) — «write it out ten times, that's how we learned». Freddie wrote «becuase» ten times. What's the fix? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t2/) — «spellcheck'll sort it, spelling's for boomers lol». What's the problem? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t3/) — «grab ya toque, eh, spellings in the car». Which game helps? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t4/) — What would happen if Lucas learned five words a night and reviewed old ones? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t5/) — «spelling tests are a scam, skip 'em, love». What could Kiera think instead? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t6/) — «rainbow colours on every letter, so pretty, I'll remember». What's better? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t7/) — «she reads loads, so her spelling should be ace, innit». Why might it not be? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t8/) — A cartoon kid looks up «fone» in the dictionary and gives up. What should he try? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t9/) — «mnemonics for every word, proper job!» says Gran. Is that the best plan? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t10/) — ★★★ Lucas learns 5 new words a night, Monday to Thursday, and on Friday reviews them all. How many words does he review on Friday? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t11/) — ★★★ Which word would you NOT find under its first sound in a dictionary? — wrong ✗
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/t12/) — ★★★ Freddie uses look, say, cover, write, check and writes «becuase» from memory. At which step should he catch it, and how? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/e1/) — Identify the principal deficiency of copying a word repeatedly without verification. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning spaced practice. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/e3/) — Ascertain the most prudent use of an automatic spelling checker. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a mnemonic? — wrong ✗ · exam

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