--- title: Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more 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/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-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/) / Dead, a mile long and everyone: more e… # Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole The 16 questions of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 100 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/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t1/) — «priya keeps saying she's dead lol, should I call someone??» She is laughing at a video. What is right? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t2/) — Your friend wants to skip three rides because «the queue's a mile long, we'll be here all day». The sign says 45 minutes. What is the wise move? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t3/) — «Mum literally EVERYONE has them». Mum asks who, and Lily names four kids out of thirty. What has Lily done? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t4/) — «my sis said she'll kill me if I touch her stuff, so I'm moving out lol» What is the best reply? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t5/) — A cartoon shows a man in Perth melting into a puddle at 37 degrees. What is the real lesson? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t6/) — «nah it's just talk, minus a million isn't real, I'll go out without my hat» It is minus twenty. What is wrong with this? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t7/) — A girl hears Grandad say «I could eat a horse» and bursts into tears for the horse. What has she missed? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t8/) — «how old is that telly then, older than the hills?» What is the best way to find its real age? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t9/) — ★★ Mum after a long shift: «my feet are about to drop off». Ella after the dog: «I nearly had a heart attack». What do they really show? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t10/) — ★★★ «I'm dead», «I'm melting» and «I nearly had a heart attack» are hyperbole. In which case should you NOT treat the words as hyperbole? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t11/) — ★★★ The ride sign says «Wait from here: 45 minutes». You join at 2:30. Your friend moans «we'll be here all day». About when will you get on? — wrong ✗ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/t12/) — ★★★ Lily says «everyone has them». In her class of 30, 4 children have them. How many children in her class do NOT have them? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/e1/) — Identify the meaning most reasonably attributed to the utterance «I'm dead», delivered with laughter by a child viewing a comical video. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/e2/) — A notice adjacent to an amusement ride states «Wait from here: 45 minutes», whereas a visitor asserts that the queue is «a mile long». Select the response consistent with the established facts. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression «I could eat a horse»? — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/e4/) — It is given that a person has employed the words «heart attack» in jest after a fright, whereas an older adult complains of genuine pain in the chest. Identify the appropriate response in respect of the latter. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [44. Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/) - next →: [46. Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/46-which-number-counts-hyperbole-and-real-numbers-in-maths/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)