--- title: Saving up for a game — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Money description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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/8-saving-up-for-a-game/) [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 up for a game # Saving up for a game The 15 questions of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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/8-saving-up-for-a-game/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t1/) — Sam groans "how long's that gonna take?" — game's £24, he gets £3 a week, and Gran's just given him £6. Now how many weeks? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t2/) — Paddy goes "saving's for losers, spend it now lol". His sis rolls her eyes. What's the sensible view? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t3/) — Kai saw "a well cool hat" halfway to his headphones and bought it. His dad says "that's fine, if...?" — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t4/) — Arlo says "I've got £20, bike's £80, I save a fiver a week, so 16 weeks, sorted." What did he forget? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t5/) — Lucy goes "wicked!" ("wicked" is British slang for great) at Mum's 50p-per-pound deal. She saves £8. How much does Mum add? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t6/) — What would happen if Mia stopped colouring her chart? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t7/) — Ali's mate: "new version next month, so the old one'll be dirt cheap." ("Dirt cheap" means very cheap.) What's the trade-off? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t8/) — Gracie tips her jar out: "four £2s, six quid coins — no hang on, seven — and five 20ps." What's the total? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t9/) — A Yorkshire grandad says "nowt comes to them as won't wait, lad" ("nowt" means nothing). Which money idea is that? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t10/) — Ben saved £40 over 10 weeks and the game was £35. How much did he have left? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/t11/) — Freya's bro says "just borrow a fiver off Mum, duh." If she does, what happens? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the act of saving? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/e2/) — It is given that a bicycle is priced at eighty pounds, that twenty pounds is already held, and that five pounds is saved weekly. Determine the number of weeks required. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/e3/) — It is given that a parent contributes fifty pence for each pound saved, and that ten pounds is saved. Ascertain the aggregate sum thereupon held. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/e4/) — Identify the principal effect of an unplanned purchase upon progress towards a saving goal. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [7. Wants and needs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/7-wants-and-needs/) - next →: [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/) - ↑ back to [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/)