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title: Describing: senses, showing and precise words — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise 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.
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# Describing: senses, showing and precise words

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The 15 questions of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» 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/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t1/) — Your mate goes "more adjectives means better writing, bro, just stack 'em." What is the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t2/) — ★★★ Which sentence shows that Tom is nervous without using any feeling word? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t3/) — In a cartoon, a character says "The food was nice, the room was nice, I felt nice." Why is that funny? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t4/) — What would happen if a story only described what things look like? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t5/) — A dad from Leeds, dry: "Your monster's 'very scary'. Brilliant. Can't wait to be terrified." ("Dry" means saying it with a straight face.) What does he want? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t6/) — ★★★ Which pair is a weak verb + adverb and the strong verb that replaces it? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t7/) — A Gen Alpha cousin says "This cake is bussin', it's giving birthday." ("Bussin'" means really good.) In a story, which line shows the cake best? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t8/) — A lad in Cardiff says "It was lush." ("Lush" means lovely in Wales.) His teacher asks him to show it. Which works? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t9/) — ★★★ Which simile is a cliché? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t10/) — Why do readers enjoy "show, don't tell"? — right ✓ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t11/) — Which sentence uses hearing? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/e1/) — Identify the description that employs the sense of hearing. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/e2/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises the principle "show, don't tell"? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/e3/) — Select the verb that most precisely replaces the phrase "walked slowly and heavily". — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/e4/) — Ascertain the principal deficiency of the sentence "The big, huge, enormous, massive dog barked". — wrong ✗ · exam

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