--- title: Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» 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/117-other-calendars/) [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/) / Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Isl… # Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine The 15 questions of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 92 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/117-other-calendars/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t1/) — Mei's mate: "Isn't New Year 1 Jan, end of?" Mei: "Not in our house, bestie." What's the best answer? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t2/) — Mei: "I'm a Dragon cos I'm a 2016 baby, no cap!" ("No cap" means honestly.) What's right? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t3/) — What would happen to the season of Ramadan over about 33 years? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t4/) — Yusuf, in London: "Fasting in summer is long, innit, the days go on forever." Why would fasting in winter feel shorter? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t5/) — Aisha's uncle in Bradford: "We wait for the moon, habibti." ("Habibti" means my dear, in Arabic.) Her cousin in another country had Eid a day earlier. How can that be? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t6/) — Noa: "Shabbat starts Friday at sunset, 7:45 pm, and ends after dark on Saturday." About how long is it? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t7/) — Dmytro's mate from Newcastle: "Howay man, did they shift Christmas or what?" ("Howay" means come on.) What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t8/) — Dmytro's babusia (grandma): "Two New Years, mate, sorted!" ("Sorted" means great.) Why does she get two? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t9/) — Priya: "Diwali's November this year and October last year, it's well random." Is it random? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t10/) — Arash, whose gran lives in Bristol: "Our New Year's the first day of spring, proper job!" ("Proper job" is West Country for great.) When is it? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/t11/) — A video game shows Chinese New Year fireworks on 1 January. What's wrong? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Islamic calendar? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/e2/) — Ascertain the date in the Gregorian calendar corresponding at present to 25 December in the Julian calendar. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/e3/) — Identify the principal reason for which Rosh Hashanah invariably occurs in September or October. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/117-other-calendars/e4/) — Given that the Chinese zodiac comprises twelve animals in recurring succession and that 2024 was a Year of the Dragon, determine the animal of the year 2036. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [116. How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/116-how-our-calendar-was-made/) - next →: [118. Day and night, shadows and sundials](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)