--- title: Regret, silly buys and peer pressure — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Money description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» of the money 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/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/) [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/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / Regret, silly buys and peer pressure # Regret, silly buys and peer pressure The 16 questions of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» of the money course of Mova's primary school with their options, 103 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/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t1/) — Lily fumes "that's a total rip-off!" about 3 toys she doesn't want for £5. What's the lesson? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t2/) — A mate at the cinema goes "just buy the popcorn, don't be tight." ("Tight" means stingy.) Dev only has £1 left. What's fine to say? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t3/) — "Everyone has the new trainers, I'll be a total loser without them!" Mum counts: 3 out of 30. What's the best reply? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t4/) — Ryan: "why can't I have all that?" after an unboxing video. His dad, a Gen X guy, says "bummer, but it's an ad, mate." ("Bummer" means a disappointment.) What's the point? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t5/) — Finn's grandad: "buy cheap, buy twice, lad." Finn spent £3 + £7. How much would he have saved by buying the £7 car first? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t6/) — Older kid in the playground: "lend us a quid, I'll give you two back tomorrow, deffo." ("Deffo" means definitely.) What's most likely? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t7/) — Ana makes her own bracelets for 20p each while shop ones are £6. How much cheaper is each one? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t8/) — What would happen if Jack waited a month before buying the fidget toy? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t9/) — Harper wants her cousin's £800 phone. "She's 16, you're 9." At £4 a week, about how many years would saving take? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t10/) — Molly cries "I don't even like it." The toy was £12 and the shop won't take it back. What's a good rule for next time? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t11/) — A London kid says "the bracelets are peng, I want one bare bad." ("Peng" means really nice; "bare" means very.) What does she want? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t12/) — Jack's £10 fidget toy lasted 2 days; Ana's £2 of thread made 10 bracelets that friends loved for months. Which was better value, and why? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "peer pressure"? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/e2/) — It is given that the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article enjoyed for two days only. Determine the cost per day of enjoyment. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/e3/) — Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person offers to repay double a sum lent to him on the following day. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/e4/) — It is given that an inexpensive article costing three pounds fails and is replaced by a durable article costing seven pounds. Ascertain the total expenditure incurred. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [9. The piggy bank and a jar for each goal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal/) - next →: [11. Prices and change at the till](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/) - ↑ back to [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/)