--- title: Questions, group work and the adults at school — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Questions, group work and the adults at school», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Asking a question is the fastest way to learn, and teachers like questions; a question that is not about the lesson can wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Questions, group work and the adults a… # Questions, group work and the adults at school Lesson 256 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/0/) — Asking a question is the fastest way to learn, and teachers like questions; a question that is not about the lesson can wait until break or the end of the lesson. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/1/) — In group work every idea deserves to be heard: everyone takes a turn, disagreements are settled fairly by listening and voting, and if your idea is not chosen you help with the one that was. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/2/) — Many adults look after you at school: teachers and teaching assistants teach, the office staff contact families, the nurse or first aider helps when you are hurt, and the caretaker, cleaners and lunch staff keep the school running. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/3/) — You call teachers Mr, Mrs, Ms or Miss with their surname, or Sir and Miss in many British schools. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/4/) — A boy in Austin who is worried about his parents arguing tells his teacher, and the worry feels lighter; but if an adult ever asks him to keep a secret that makes him uncomfortable, he tells a parent or another trusted adult. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/5/) — Teachers like questions, and asking is the fastest way to learn, even if you fear the question is silly. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/6/) — A question that is not about the lesson is saved for break time or the end of the lesson. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/7/) — In a group you work well with everyone, even children you do not usually play with. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/8/) — The best group results come when everyone takes a turn and every idea is heard. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/9/) — When a group disagrees, it listens to each idea, then votes or tries a mix of ideas. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/10/) — If the group does not choose your idea, you accept it and help with the chosen one. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/11/) — When a partner makes a mistake, you help them see it kindly, without making them feel bad, because kind help makes people willing to keep trying. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/12/) — To present to the class, you practise beforehand, speak slowly and loudly, and look at the audience. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/13/) — Teachers are called Mr, Mrs, Ms or Miss with their surname, or Sir and Miss in many British schools. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/14/) — The teaching assistant or aide helps teach the class and is listened to like a teacher. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/15/) — The office staff help when you are late, hurt, ill or need to phone home, and the nurse or first aider helps when you are hurt or ill. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/16/) — Worries are lighter when shared with a trusted adult, such as a teacher, the school counsellor or a parent. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/17/) — Safe adults never ask children to keep secrets that worry them; such a secret is told to a parent or another trusted adult. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/18/) — A boy in Texas called Leo did not understand fractions but was too embarrassed to ask; by the end of the year he could not follow any of the lessons that built on them. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/19/) — A girl in Ireland felt unwell at school but told no adult and walked home alone; she fainted on the way, and her parents did not know where she was. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/20/) — Lessons build on one another, so a gap you never ask about grows bigger over time. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/21/) — If you are ill or hurt at school, telling a school adult means someone can look after you and call home. - ← previous: [Tests, exams and mistakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/) - next →: [Teachers, visitors and the playground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)