--- title: Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 23 test and exam questions of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» 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/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/) [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/) / Advert tricks and offers that are too… # Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true The 23 questions of lesson 281 «Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 126 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/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t1/) — Why do games make opening loot boxes so flashy and exciting? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t2/) — A pizza on TV has cheese stretching a metre long, but yours does not. Was the advert showing a normal pizza? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t3/) — A shampoo says «4 out of 5 people prefer it» but only five people were asked. Which is TRUE? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t4/) — A girl in Wellington rushes to buy a game skin because of a «last chance» timer. What trick was used? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t5/) — A box looks different but the toy inside is exactly the same. The box says «NEW!». What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t6/) — You get a text: «You've won a $1000 gift card! Claim now!» but you never entered any contest. What does that tell you? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t7/) — A YouTube video says a «coin generator» works if you log in with your game account. What is most likely to happen? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t8/) — A man at the park says he knows a way for kids to get rich in a week. What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t9/) — You still really want a skateboard a whole month after seeing an advert. What does that suggest? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t10/) — game says 50 coins for mystery box, worth it? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t11/) — msg says i won a ipad but i never entered anything — right ✓ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t12/) — site gives free robux if i put my password in, legit? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t13/) — burger in the ad is massive, mine's tiny n squashed. why — right ✓ · ★★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t14/) — free trial just needs mums card number, ok? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t15/) — 'only today!!' sale on these trainers should i beg dad now — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t16/) — spent all my money on loot boxes, got nothing good — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t17/) — did u hear a kid "lost his whole account with 3 years of skins" cos he typed his password into a free robux site. lesson? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t18/) — my cousin says a girl "won an iPhone" from a random text and her mum "lost thousands". what's the bit to doubt — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t19/) — kids say the boy who got scammed in a trade is "so stupid lol". pass it on? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a loot box? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/e2/) — Identify the principal purpose of the phrase «Hurry, only today!» in advertising. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/e3/) — In respect of the small print «results may vary» or «not typical», select the response consistent with the established facts. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/e4/) — It is given that a message announces that the recipient has won a contest never entered. State the correct interpretation. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [280. Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that foo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/) - next →: [282. Chain messages, lures and scam messages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/)