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title: Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Money
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» 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.
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# Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones

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The 15 questions of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» of the money course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 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/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t1/) — Kai goes "I'm minted, got a bucket of shells!" ("Minted" means rich.) What's the truth? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t2/) — Isla asks "where'd the money go? I didn't see any!" after Mum taps her phone. What's the answer? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t3/) — Zac's like "no cash in the future, bro, it's dead." His aunt says her old neighbour still needs it. Who's right? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t4/) — A cartoon shows cavemen paying with credit cards. What's wrong? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t5/) — Teacher: "The first coins were made 2,600 years ago." Liam: "Older than my nan then." If a lifetime is about 100 years, how many lifetimes back is that? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t6/) — Rosa's mate says "Roman soldiers 100% got paid in salt, that's a fact." What's more careful to say? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t7/) — Ethan says the next step is "paying with your face, innit." Is that made up? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t8/) — Theo's nan, a West Country lass, says "we 'ad paper pound notes, my lover, gurt big ones." ("My lover" is a friendly greeting; "gurt" means big.) What replaced them? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t9/) — What would happen if every coin had a different weight and no number on it? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t10/) — Grandad's chequebook: Josh says "what the heck is that, a menu?" What's it for? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t11/) — Pippa: "how'd they spend a stone bigger than a car?" Which modern money is a bit like that? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/e1/) — Identify the location wherein, according to established historical evidence, the earliest coins were produced. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a cheque? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/e3/) — It is given that an account holds sixty pounds and that a payment of three pounds is subsequently effected by telephone. Ascertain the balance remaining. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of paper money. — wrong ✗ · exam

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