--- title: Bets, dares and silly reasons — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» 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/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/) [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/) / Bets, dares and silly reasons # Bets, dares and silly reasons The 15 questions of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 97 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/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t1/) — Noah: "Your cousin's a dolphin now, is he? You went red at 30 seconds last time." What is the right thing to do with this bet? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t2/) — Mo: "I'm not scared, I just don't want my face to fold in half. Next." What is he showing? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t3/) — His mate: "In my dream I flew to Spain. Doesn't mean I'm skipping the plane, does it." Why is it a good comeback? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t4/) — Friend: "My brain just crashed. Did I lose? Was there even a game? This is so mid." What is the best response to Ellie's question? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t5/) — Jake: "Mate, it hardly ever snows in London on Christmas Day. You're betting on a Christmas card." What does he mean? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t6/) — Jade: "If it's not on, you touch it." Lily: "...Nah, I'm good." What does Lily's answer show? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t7/) — Racing friend, after winning: "Lovely shoes though, Sam. Really fast-looking." What is being teased? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t8/) — Mia: "Your brother's not Google, Ava." What would be a better way to settle the goldfish bet? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t9/) — Oscar: "You can't invent a debt. That's not a bet, that's a scam." What is true? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t10/) — Teacher: "Botanically, it's a fruit. In the kitchen people treat it as a vegetable." Then is ketchup a smoothie? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/t11/) — What would happen if everybody followed the rule "do every dare or you're scared"? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/e1/) — Identify the principal error in the claim that a child is able to hold his breath for five minutes because his cousin is able to do so. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the memory of goldfish. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/e3/) — Determine the correct classification of the tomato in the science of plants. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/e4/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises the assertion "If you do not do it, you are scared"? — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [168. The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no/) - next →: [170. The football argument that goes in circles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)