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title: Planning before writing — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» 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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# Planning before writing

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The 15 questions of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 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/39-planning-before-writing/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t1/) — Your mate goes "planning is for people who can't write, mate." What is the truth? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t2/) — ★★★ A 40-minute test: which plan of time is most sensible? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t3/) — In a cartoon, a knight sets off on a quest with no map and rides in circles for years. What does this show about writing? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t4/) — What would happen if Kai used a story mountain for his shark facts? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t5/) — ★★★ Grace's story ended "and then they all died, the end." Which part of the story mountain did she skip? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t6/) — Your sister, bit sarky: "Wow, a plan. Did a robot write your homework?" What is the best reply? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t7/) — A boy in Sydney: "Gonna smash this story out this arvo, no plan." ("Arvo" is afternoon.) What is the risk? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t8/) — ★★★ Which plan fits a letter to a head teacher asking for a longer break? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t9/) — A Gen Alpha kid says "storyboards are just comics, they're mid." ("Mid" means not very good.) What is true? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t10/) — Which question should come first when planning a piece of writing? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/t11/) — A lad from Leeds says "Me plan's well short, three words a box." ("Well" means very.) Is that fine? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/e1/) — Identify the principal purpose of planning prior to composition. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/e2/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises a story mountain? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/e3/) — Select the planning format most appropriate in respect of a non-chronological report. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/39-planning-before-writing/e4/) — Ascertain the two considerations, hereinafter termed audience and purpose, that ought to precede any plan. — wrong ✗ · exam

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