--- title: Saving for holidays and big things — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Money description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» 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/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/) [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/) / Saving for holidays and big things # Saving for holidays and big things The 15 questions of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» of the money course of Mova's primary school with their options, 93 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/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t1/) — Your cousin goes, "Saving's for boomers, just whack it on the card, innit." What would happen if the family did that? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t2/) — Gran, from the Black Country, says, "I've put a tenner by every wik since January, bostin'!" ("Bostin'" means brilliant; "wik" means week.) If she started 30 weeks ago, how much has she saved? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t3/) — Dad says the holiday fund gets £100 a month. "Nah, let's do £150," says Mum. How many months now for £1,200? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t4/) — What would happen if a family had no emergency fund when the boiler broke? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t5/) — A Scottish dad says, "Camping in the Highlands, aye, it'll be dreich, but it's a quarter of the price of Spain." ("Dreich" means grey and rainy.) Spain is £2,000. What does the camping cost? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t6/) — Your mate says, "New cars are always the best deal, they keep their value." What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t7/) — In a video game, you get a holiday instantly by pressing "buy" with no money. What would real life need? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t8/) — Ivy's mum: "Book in January, half the price of July." If July is £900, what does January cost? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t9/) — Aunt in Wales says, "Come and stay, I'll give you a cwtch and a cuppa." ("Cwtch" is a Welsh word for a cuddle.) The hotel was 5 nights at £80, but they'd stay 4 nights. How much do they save? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t10/) — Your little sister says, "Kai's £20 a month is tiny, it'll never be anything." What's true after 10 years? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t11/) — Mum's goals: holiday £600, boiler £1,500, Christmas £400. The boiler breaks first. Why might she save for it before the holiday? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/e1/) — It is given that a household proposes to accumulate the sum of £1,200 by means of monthly deposits of £100. Determine the number of months required. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/e2/) — Ascertain the aggregate of the savings objectives enumerated as follows: holiday £600, boiler £1,500 and Christmas £400. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "depreciation"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/e4/) — Identify the principal advantage of accumulating savings prior to a major purchase, as opposed to borrowing upon a credit card. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [24. Debt, loans, credit cards and interest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest/) - next →: [26. 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