--- title: Tricky words and common exception words — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/) [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / Tricky words and common exception words # Tricky words and common exception words The 16 questions of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 90 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/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t1/) — «oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'». Is using the word wall cheating? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t2/) — Mum, cross: «SED?? rub it out, that's rubbish». What is a better response? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t3/) — «bruh, one and two have literally no rules, english is mental». What is fair to say? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t4/) — What would probably happen if Beth kept doing an hour of flashcards a night in tears? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t5/) — Aiden, eh: «my book's American, my teacher's Canadian, who's wrong?» — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t6/) — «tara-a-bit, I'm off to learn they, then, them on me own as random shapes». What would help more? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t7/) — Nan in Bradford: «frend! he's got that dyslexia, I'm sure of it». What should she do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t8/) — A cartoon says tricky words must be learned «all at once, as a whole picture». What works better? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t9/) — «lol yo-u?? ur so sus». How could Holly's brother help instead? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t10/) — ★★★ Which word belongs in the family with come, some, done and none? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t11/) — ★★★ Grace can read 20 tricky words but spell only 12. How many can she read but not yet spell? — right ✓ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/t12/) — ★★★ In which word do the letters «ai» make the same odd /e/ sound as in «said»? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a common exception word? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/e2/) — Ascertain the most appropriate response of a parent to a child who writes «sed» in place of «said». — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/e3/) — Identify the principal reason for which numerous common English words possess irregular spellings. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/e4/) — It is given that a pupil of seven years writes «frend» on one occasion. Select the response consistent with the established facts. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [2. Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/) - next →: [4. Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/)