--- title: Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» 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/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/) [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/) / Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions # Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions The 15 questions of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 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/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t1/) — Grandson: "Grandad, the players can't even see your socks, mate. You're not on the team sheet." What is he making fun of? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t2/) — Nan: "Aye, and I suppose my slippers won the cup in '86." What does she mean? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t3/) — Big sister, fed up: "Shut it about the cat, Nan, it's three streets away having a nap." Which is true? — right ✓ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t4/) — What would happen if Grandad wrote down every match for a whole season, with socks and without? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t5/) — In a cartoon a man walks under a ladder and a piano falls on him "because of bad luck". Put it right. — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t6/) — Sofia: "So if I'm unlucky it's the broom, and if I'm lucky it's also the broom?" What trap has she spotted? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t7/) — Ellie says, "Absolute weapon of a plan, Dad," about skipping floor 13. What does she mean? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t8/) — Noah: "Ammamma, the crow's not on WhatsApp." Why is this a good comeback? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t9/) — Which is a real reason to be careful opening an umbrella indoors? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t10/) — Your mate: "Wore my lucky pants and got 10 out of 10, no cap" ("no cap" means honestly). What is the best reply? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/t11/) — Callum's sister: "Aye, the shoes sat the test for him." What is she doing? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/e1/) — Identify the principal error in the inference that a black cat crossing the road caused a jar to be dropped later the same day. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a hotel whose lift omits the numeral thirteen. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/e3/) — Determine which procedure would constitute a fair test of whether a charm confers good fortune. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/e4/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises a belief that is maintained by supplying a fresh excuse upon each failure? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [130. Screen time, wasted time, and putting it all tog…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/130-screen-time-and-putting-it-together/) - next →: [162. Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)