--- title: The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» 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/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/) [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/) / The ball over the fence and the grumpy… # The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door The 14 questions of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 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/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t1/) — «ball's gone over Grimshaw's again, just hop the fence, he won't know». Better idea? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t2/) — «Grumpy Grimshaw just hates kids, simple». Is it that simple? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t3/) — Connor: «I smashed his greenhouse and legged it, if I stay hid nobody'll know». What should he do? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t4/) — What would probably happen if the kids kept shouting «old witch» at the neighbour? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t5/) — «mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes». («nesh» in the North means easily bothered by cold.) The kids are kind but she stays grumpy. What's sensible? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t6/) — «why'd Sam carry the shopping for HIM, after he nicked our balls?» What's the best answer? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t7/) — Mia's mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.» What did Mia's picture show? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t8/) — In a cartoon, a grumpy neighbour is just evil and gets a pie in the face. What's more often true? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t9/) — Jake says, «it was only a cheap pot, why should I pay?» Fair to pay? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/t10/) — Kieran: «he gives us toffees now, he's proper sound». What changed Mr Grimshaw? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/e1/) — Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for the initial hostility of the neighbour Mr Grimshaw towards the children. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/e2/) — Ascertain the most appropriate conduct of a child whose ball has entered a neighbouring garden. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/e3/) — Given that a child has accidentally broken a pane of a neighbour's greenhouse, select the response consistent with the established facts. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a neighbour who remains disagreeable notwithstanding repeated kindness? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [472. 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