--- title: Diggers, cranes and cement mixers — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Technology description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» of the technology 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/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / Diggers, cranes and cement mixers # Diggers, cranes and cement mixers The 15 questions of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» of the technology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 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/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t1/) — «the site's empty on Sunday, let's go play on the sand piles» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t2/) — «concrete's just mud that dries, innit» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t3/) — In a cartoon, a crane lifts a whole house and does not tip, with nothing on its short arm. What is wrong? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t4/) — What would happen if a mixer lorry got stuck in traffic and its drum stopped turning for hours? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t5/) — «the crane's swinging a load over us, cool, let's stand right under it» What is right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t6/) — «why's the digger on tracks, wheels'd be faster, they're thick» What is the smart answer? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t7/) — It is very windy and the tower crane stands still all day. Why? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t8/) — Why do tall buildings need piles under them? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t9/) — «a monster truck at the mine had tyres taller than my dad» Could that be true? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t10/) — «how do they fix the street lights, climb the pole?» What do they usually use? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/t11/) — Count them: a mobile crane puts out 4 legs, and there are 3 cranes on the site. How many legs? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/e1/) — Identify the principle by which the arm of an excavator exerts considerable force upon a slight movement of the control lever. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the hardening of concrete. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/e3/) — Ascertain the function of the concrete blocks mounted upon the short arm of a tower crane. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a child in respect of a building site? — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [27. Road and railway safety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/27-road-and-railway-safety/) - next →: [29. Tunnels and what lies under the street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/) - ↑ back to [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/)