--- title: Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 44 «Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole» of the language 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/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Starving, a million times and a ton: e… # Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole The 16 questions of lesson 44 «Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 90 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/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t1/) — «bruh my mate says if u say literally it means its really true, so zoe actually flew??» What is right? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t2/) — «Mum's told me a million times, so it's a made-up number, so I can ignore her, right?» — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t3/) — What would happen if Ava tried to lift a real ton? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t4/) — A cartoon shows Leo shrinking to a skeleton because he missed one snack. What is wrong with it? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t5/) — «are we there yet it's been a bajillion hours» — «It's been forty minutes, mate.» Your little sister asks how long you've driven. What do you tell her? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t6/) — «ugh the homework's gonna take a thousand years, might as well not start» What is the wise move? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t7/) — Dad sits down slowly after mowing: «Oof, my back's killing me». What is a kind answer? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t8/) — ★★ Callum's «chuckin' it doon», Mason's «a thousand years, no cap» and Kofi's «a gazillion texts»: what do all three have in common? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t9/) — «Mum said there's a mountain in my room, I said it's only knee-high actually and she got madder lol why» — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t10/) — ★★★ Leo had lunch at 12:00 and at 3:30 shouts «I haven't eaten in like a hundred years». How long has it really been since he ate? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t11/) — ★★★ Kofi says «my nan sent me a gazillion texts lol». She sent 3 in the morning, 4 at lunch and twice as many as at lunch in the afternoon. How many texts in all? — right ✓ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/t12/) — ★★★ Mum says the bag «weighs a ton», Ava says «it's like a hundred bricks», and the bathroom scales say 5 kg. What does the bag really weigh? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/e1/) — Identify the figure of speech employed when a child, having eaten luncheon three and a half hours previously, declares that he is «starving». — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/e2/) — It is stated by a parent that an instruction has been given «a million times». Select the response consistent with the established facts. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/e3/) — Given that a ton is approximately one thousand kilograms, ascertain the probable mass of a school bag of which it is asserted that it «weighs a ton». — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/e4/) — Pursuant to a statement that fifteen sums «will take a thousand years», and given that each sum requires two minutes, determine the duration reasonably to be expected. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [43. Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old wo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows/) - next →: [45. Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)