--- title: Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 22 test and exam questions of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» of the everyday 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/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / Handshakes, waves and greetings around… # Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world The 22 questions of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 116 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/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t1/) — Why is it kinder to wave than to shake hands when you have a cold? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t2/) — A girl in Melbourne gives a handshake so hard that her uncle winces. What should she change? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t3/) — A boy in Texas loses the final and feels angry. What shows good sportsmanship? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t4/) — A visitor in your class does not shake hands and puts a hand on his heart instead. How do you answer? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t5/) — Why might a stranger's wave not be for you? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t6/) — Your family visits Japan and a shopkeeper bows as you leave. Which reply fits? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t7/) — An American walking past your classroom says "How's it going?" Why is a short answer right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t8/) — Why is it good to learn greetings like "Kia ora" or "What's the craic?" — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t9/) — got a cold, coach wants us all to shake hands — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t10/) — we lost 4-0, do we still shake hands — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t11/) — in NZ someone says kia ora to me, what's that — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t12/) — random lady waved at me across the street, go over? — right ✓ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t13/) — gonna crush his hand when we shake, show who's boss — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t14/) — visiting a family that takes shoes off inside, i keep mine on — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t15/) — why learn other ppl's customs before a trip — right ✓ · ★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t16/) — did u hear Finn crushed a girl's hand so hard shaking it "her fingers snapped". what's probs exaggerated — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t17/) — my mate says a girl went in a house in Japan with shoes on n "got kicked out the country". real lesson? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/t18/) — kids say the new boy won't shake hands cos he's "weird". pass it on? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/e1/) — State the qualities of a correctly executed handshake. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/e2/) — It is given that a person has a cold. Determine the appropriate alternative to shaking hands and the reason for it. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/e3/) — Ascertain the meaning of the Maori greeting "Kia ora" as used in New Zealand. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expected reply to "How's it going?" from a passer-by? — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [123. Greeting neighbours and new people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/) - next →: [125. More greetings and making introductions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/125-greetings-and-introductions/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/)