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title: Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Myths
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths 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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# Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

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The 14 questions of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 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/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t1/) — "turn it off n on again nan, that's all u ever say!!" When does her trick NOT work? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t2/) — Dad leaves the hall light on all evening "to save electricity". What would actually save more? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t3/) — "OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!" What do you tell your mate? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t4/) — Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge. What could happen? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t5/) — "my phone heard me say trainers and now it's all trainer ads, it's listening!!" What's a fairer explanation? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t6/) — Your friend's brother hasn't come home and an adult says to wait 24 hours. What's right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t7/) — You hold a cup to your ear and hear the "sea". What does this show? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t8/) — Mum says "sit up straight or you'll grow a hunchback". What's the honest part? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t9/) — "money is dirtier than a toilet seat, lol grandpa" Who's right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t10/) — "it's cloudy, don't need suncream" says your big sister at the beach. What will probably happen? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/e1/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning exposure to ultraviolet radiation under an overcast sky. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/e2/) — It is given that a person has failed to return home. Determine the appropriate interval before a report is made to the police. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/e3/) — Identify the principal reason for which the restarting of an electronic device frequently remedies a malfunction. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sound perceived when a seashell is held to the ear? — wrong ✗ · exam

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