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title: Writing to inform, instruct and persuade — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 44 «Writing to inform, instruct and persuade» 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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# Writing to inform, instruct and persuade

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The 15 questions of lesson 44 «Writing to inform, instruct and persuade» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 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/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t1/) — Your mate goes "all writing's the same, bruv, just write loads." What is the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t2/) — ★★★ Which set of features belongs to a newspaper report and NOT to instructions? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t3/) — In a cartoon, a recipe says "Then the brave egg cried and ran away from the pan." What has gone wrong? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t4/) — What would happen if instructions for building a model were in the wrong order? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t5/) — A grandad in Glasgow, dry: "Yer letter to the council says 'ye numpties'. That'll work a treat." ("Numpties" means silly people.) What is he really saying? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t6/) — ★★★ Which sentence uses evidence, not just opinion, to persuade? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t7/) — A Gen Alpha kid writes a report: "Penguins are lowkey goated." ("Goated" means the greatest.) In a report, which sentence works better? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t8/) — ★★★ "First, we lined up. Then the alarm rang. Finally, Mr Ali counted us." What kind of writing is this most likely? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t9/) — A cousin in Texas says "Y'all should write the rules for the game real clear." What kind of text are rules for a game? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t10/) — Your sister, sarky: "Your 'balanced' argument has six reasons for and zero against. Very fair." What is wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/t11/) — Which is the best headline for the fire drill report? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/e1/) — Identify the principal feature of instructional writing. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/e2/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises a non-chronological report? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/e3/) — Select the response consistent with established conventions of persuasive correspondence. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/e4/) — Ascertain the five interrogatives customarily addressed in a newspaper report. — wrong ✗ · exam

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