--- title: How long since? Counting back — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 108 «How long since? Counting back» of the world 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/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / How long since? Counting back # How long since? Counting back The 15 questions of lesson 108 «How long since? Counting back» of the world 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/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t1/) — Ali, proper mardy: "I've been waiting ages!" He came at 3:50 and it's 4:05. What's the truth? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t2/) — Gran's gasping: "Not had a cuppa in hours!" Her last one was at 10:15 and it's 11:00. Is she right? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t3/) — Sophie texts, "It's been, like, a year, babe," since she saw her friend on 20 August. Today is 20 October. What's the real gap? — right ✓ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t4/) — Dad: "I put the kettle on a minute ago." The oven clock went from 8:03 to 8:10. What does "a minute ago" mean here? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t5/) — Asha says the 11:40 cleaning was "donkey's years ago". It's 3:10 pm. How long has it really been? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t6/) — Our kid says, "Holly had a proper kip, 9:45 pm to 7:15 am, that's like 2 and a half hours." Put it right. — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t7/) — Mia's dog, fed at 7:30 am, whines at 1:30 pm. Mia says, "He only ate an hour ago." What should she know? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t8/) — What would happen to Leo's phone if it kept losing about 10% an hour after 50% at 12:00? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t9/) — Jamie's bean was planted on 2 March and sprouted on 16 March. His mate says, "A fortnight, easy." Is that right? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t10/) — Teacher: "Started at 9:20, pens down at 10:05, so you had an hour, stop whining." Was it an hour? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/t11/) — A cartoon detective says, "The cake was eaten at 11 pm and found at 1 am, that's 10 hours." Put him right. — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/e1/) — It is given that an animal was fed at 7:30 am and that the present time is 1:30 pm. Determine the interval elapsed. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/e2/) — Whereas a person retired at 9:45 pm and awoke at 7:15 am, ascertain the aggregate duration of sleep. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/e3/) — Identify the number of days elapsed between the second and the sixteenth day of the same month. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the term "fortnight". — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [107. How long until? Counting on across the hour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour/) - next →: [109. "Five more minutes" and other waiting games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)