--- title: Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 23 test and exam questions of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» 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/280-illusions-and-adverts/) [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/) / Illusions that fool the eye and advert… # Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet The 23 questions of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 122 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/280-illusions-and-adverts/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t1/) — Your friend's horoscope says Thursday is unlucky, so she wants to skip a match. What is wise? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t2/) — A pencil in a glass of water seems to break at the water's surface. What is happening? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t3/) — Which is the best tool to settle an argument about which of two lines is longer? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t4/) — Why does the moon look bigger near the horizon than high in the sky? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t5/) — A toy box shows a whole castle, but in small print it says «each sold separately». What does that mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t6/) — A gamer you watch says a headset is amazing, and the video says «paid partnership». What does it tell you? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t7/) — A child wants a meal only because of the plastic toy. What is really happening? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t8/) — A shop's poster says «Everything up to 50% off!» and your jumper is only 10% off. Was the poster lying? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t9/) — You see a mirage of water on a desert road. If you drive there, what will you find? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t10/) — straw looks snapped in my glass of water, why — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t11/) — road looks wet way ahead but it hasnt rained?? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t12/) — ad says batteries not included, so what — right ✓ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t13/) — my fave youtuber loves this slime, should i get it — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t14/) — ad shows the toy car doing loops n flying, its gonna do that? — right ✓ · ★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t15/) — saw water on the road on a hot day but it vanished when we got close — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t16/) — lady reckons she can tell my future for 20 quid, worth it? — right ✓ · ★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t17/) — did u hear a man in the desert "drove for hours to a lake that wasn't there". real lesson? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t18/) — my mate says a fortune teller "told his aunt exactly when she'd win the lottery and she did". what's likely — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t19/) — ppl in class say Ella's mum "spent 5 grand on game coins" and laugh. spread it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which a straw placed in water appears bent. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase «pictures are for illustration» in an advertisement? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/e3/) — Whereas a price is stated as $9.99, select the response consistent with the established facts. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/e4/) — State the significance of the notation «\#ad» or «paid partnership» upon a post by an influencer. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [279. April Fools' Day and how magic tricks work](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/) - next →: [281. Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/)