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title: How medicines work — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Medicine
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 17 «How medicines work» of the medicine 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.
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# How medicines work

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The 15 questions of lesson 17 «How medicines work» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 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/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t1/) — Calpol fixed my headache, so it cured whatever caused it, right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t2/) — My brother asks how the tablet knows to go to his head. What do you tell him? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t3/) — Mum used a kitchen teaspoon for my medicine. What's the problem? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t4/) — Forgot two doses, so I'll take three at once to catch up. OK? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t5/) — My friend says the herbal pills are natural so they can't hurt you. What's wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t6/) — Aunt felt better on a sugar pill in a trial. Was she faking? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t7/) — In a cartoon, a baby climbs the cupboard and eats pills thinking they're sweets. What's the lesson? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t8/) — What would happen if new medicines were sold without any trials? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t9/) — Ugh, rubbed my eye straight after the drops. Problem? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t10/) — Why do doctors keep watching a medicine even after it's on sale? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t11/) — Why did the doctor give you cream instead of a tablet for your rash? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/e1/) — Identify the means by which an orally administered medicine reaches the site of pain. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a placebo? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the approval of new medicines. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/e4/) — State the reason for which liquid medicines are measured with a calibrated syringe. — wrong ✗ · exam

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