--- title: "Five more minutes" and other waiting games — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» 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/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/) [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/) / "Five more minutes" and other waiting… # "Five more minutes" and other waiting games The 16 questions of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 98 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/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t1/) — Zara's brother at the theme park: "Wait's 45 mins? Nah, I ain't standing here for an hour." Put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t2/) — Tia, staring at the toaster: "This is taking forever!" It takes 2 minutes. Why does it feel long? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t3/) — Jake, fidgeting in the waiting room: "How long's patient?" What is the best answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t4/) — Phoebe asks every 5 minutes. Mum: "Ask once more and it's never." What would work better? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t5/) — Rhys sees "Next bus 4 min", then, 4 minutes later, "Next bus 2 min". "You're having a laugh," he says. What's going on? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t6/) — A Joburg (Johannesburg, South Africa) cousin says, "Lekker, I'll fetch you just now." Should you be at the gate this second? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t7/) — Isaac texts, "where u at??" His mate: "omw". What's the most useful next text? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t8/) — What would happen if a queue had 6 people in front of you, each taking about 3 minutes? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t9/) — Esme rolls her eyes: "Classic, Mum said 10 and it's been 25." How much extra time was that? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t10/) — Kai, salty (annoyed) when Dad pulls the plug at 8:25: "It was only five minutes!" He asked at 8:00. What's true? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t11/) — In a cartoon, the hero says "back in a jiffy" and returns 100 years later. What is a jiffy really meant to be? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/t12/) — A Singapore aunt: "Wait, lah, 4 people in front, each 3 minutes only." How long is the wait? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/e1/) — It is given that four persons precede an individual in a queue, each requiring approximately three minutes. Determine the anticipated waiting period. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/e2/) — Whereas a request for "five more minutes" is made at 8:00 and play ceases at 8:25, ascertain the actual duration of further play. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "now now" in South African English. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/e4/) — Identify the principal reason for which medical appointments frequently commence later than scheduled. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [108. How long since? Counting back](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/) - next →: [110. Why time flies and why it drags](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)