--- title: Sounds wrong, but is right — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» 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/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/) [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/) / Sounds wrong, but is right # Sounds wrong, but is right The 15 questions of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 90 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/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t1/) — Leo: "No way, that's illegal." After 30 rounds, switching won about 20 times. What does this show? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t2/) — What would happen if Leo played 30 rounds and always stayed with his first cup? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t3/) — Two kids in a class of 30 share 14th March. Ruby: "Nah, that's a setup, Miss." What is the fair reply? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t4/) — Mum: "Ten gaps, Pete, eleven posts." How many posts does a 5-metre fence with a post every metre need? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t5/) — Ollie's sister: "On day 8 it starts at 7 and climbs to 10. It's out, chilling." If the well were only 5 metres deep, on which day would the snail get out? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t6/) — Grandson: "You were so ready for 8 minutes, Grandad, you even made a tea." How long would it take to cut a log into 6 pieces at 2 minutes a cut? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t7/) — Mia: "It IS maths homework." If the drawer held black, white AND red socks, what is the smallest number to be sure of a pair? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t8/) — Friend: "My list is exactly as rare as yours, yours just has a better haircut." What does he mean? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t9/) — Ella: "Told ya, it's a paper brick now." How many layers would there be after 8 folds? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t10/) — Gran in Bristol: "Lightning never strikes twice, my lover, everyone knows." What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/t11/) — In a cartoon a character hides under a tree that lightning has just hit: "Safest spot in the storm, deffo!" Put the cartoon right. — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/e1/) — It is given that a fence of ten metres in length is to be constructed with a post at every metre, inclusive of both ends. Determine the number of posts required. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/e2/) — A snail situated at the bottom of a well ten metres deep ascends three metres during each day and descends two metres during each night. Ascertain the day on which it emerges from the well. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a group of thirty persons and the sharing of a birthday. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/e4/) — Determine the minimum number of socks which must be withdrawn from a darkened drawer containing socks of two colours only in order to guarantee a matching pair. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [181. Trick questions that catch quick thinkers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/) - next →: [183. Sounds right, but is wrong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)