--- title: Knives, kitchen tools and cooking — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 105 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 11 of 19 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 105 # Knives, kitchen tools and cooking **Tests:** 11 of 19 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 105 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Harry in Leeds sees his little brother reach into the soapy sink. Why should Harry warn him if knives are in there? - **1.** The knives might get lost down the drain — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The blade is hidden under the bubbles — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** The soap is too hot for small hands — no support - **4.** His brother might drink the water — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Which is true about blunt knives? - **1.** They cannot hurt anyone, however hard you push — no support - **2.** They slip because you push harder — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** They are better for children — no support - **4.** They never need sharpening — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 12: «Do not use a knife to lever open a lid; ask for help, because the knife can snap or slip.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slip» (+4); the same doer «knife» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Zoe's spoon gets stuck in the plugged-in blender. What must happen first? - **1.** She pulls the spoon out quickly — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The blender is switched off and unplugged — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** She shakes the whole blender hard to get it loose — no support - **4.** She turns the blender on to free it — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Why should a step stool be used rather than a swivel chair, a turning chair on wheels? - **1.** A chair with wheels can roll away and make you fall — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** Chairs are not strong enough for anyone — no support - **3.** Step stools are always taller and stronger than any chair — no support - **4.** Chairs scratch the kitchen floor — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 23: «Standing on chairs, buckets or furniture that wobble causes many falls at home, so use a proper step stool.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+7); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} A pot of soup is on the hob and its handle sticks out over the edge. What could happen? - **1.** Nothing, as handles do not move — no support - **2.** The plastic handle melts and drips onto the floor — no support - **3.** The soup boils more slowly — no support - **4.** Someone knocks it and is scalded by the soup — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 31, line 4: «For example, a pot handle sticking out over the edge of the stove can be knocked by an elbow or grabbed by a small child, and boiling water pours down. Turned…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «knock» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} A pan of oil catches fire. Which action is dangerous? - **1.** Keeping well back from it — no support - **2.** Turning off the heat — no support - **3.** Calling a grown-up — no support - **4.** Throwing water on it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 7: «A mum in Leeds threw water on a pan of burning oil; the water turned to steam and blew flaming oil across the kitchen, and she was burnt on the arms.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+4); the same thing acted on «water» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Why is it a bad idea to put the tasting spoon back in the pot? - **1.** It makes all the food in the pot taste far too salty — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Germs from your mouth spread to everyone's food — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** The spoon will melt in the pot — no support - **4.** It cools down the whole pot — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Your friend wants to eat the cake batter before it is baked. What is the reason to wait? - **1.** Batter is too sticky to swallow — no support - **2.** Batter has no sugar until it is baked — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** Batter tastes much better when it has been baked, so wait — no support - **4.** Raw egg and flour may carry germs that make you ill — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 10: «If a friend with diabetes looks shaky, pale and confused, tell an adult at once, because their blood sugar may be too low and they may need sugar quickly.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} What makes a grater dangerous near the end of a piece of cheese? - **1.** Your fingertips get close to the sharp holes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The grater gets hot as you use it and can burn your fingers — no support - **3.** The cheese gets too hard to grate — no support - **4.** The cheese falls on the floor — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} chip pan's on fire!! chuck water on it - **1.** No, turn off the heat and call a grown-up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Yes, water puts out any fire, so throw a bucket — score 2 - **3.** Carry the pan outside quickly — no support - **4.** Throw a cup of flour on it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 15: «Never put water on hot oil: it explodes into a fireball of burning fat; turn off the heat and call a grown-up.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «heat» (+3); the same action «turn off» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} blender's stuck, gonna poke it with my fingers - **1.** Poke it with a fork while it runs — no support - **2.** Switch it off and unplug it first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Just keep it switched on and poke — no support - **4.** Shake the blender while it is on — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 105, line 11: «Before touching anything inside a blender, switch it off and unplug it, because the blades can start again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «switch off» (+4); the same thing acted on «blender» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} blunt knife's safer for kids innit - **1.** Yes, if you press really hard it cuts fine — no support - **2.** Yes, blunt knives never slip — score 3 - **3.** No, it needs more force and slips — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Yes, blunt knives cannot cut — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 9: «A blunt knife is not safer: it needs more force, so when it slips it cuts you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «more force» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} knife's in the sink under all the bubbles somewhere, can u grab it - **1.** Never reach for a knife you cannot see — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** Feel around slowly with your hand for the handle — no support - **3.** Grab quickly before it sinks — no support - **4.** Swish the water to find it — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 18: «When your eyes are on a screen, you notice much less of what is happening around you, even things straight ahead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «happen» (+4); the same thing acted on «things» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} cutting a bagel in my hand, quick way - **1.** Cut towards you, it gives you more control — no support - **2.** No, put it flat on a board and cut away from your fingers — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Hold it tighter in your hand so it doesn't slip — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** Use a blunt knife in your hand — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 63, line 12: «You hold a hamster in two cupped hands and sit close to the floor, because a short fall can kill it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same place «two cupped hands» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15} pan handle sticking out over the edge, whatever - **1.** Turn it in so no one knocks or pulls it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** Put it right at the front — no support - **3.** Leave it, it's easier to grab when it sticks out — score 5 - **4.** Hang a towel on it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 14: «Turn pan handles inwards and stand back when a lid comes off, because boiling water and steam scald.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same thing acted on «pan handles» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t16} lil cuz pulled the hot tea off the table onto his arm - **1.** Wrap it up tight in a towel and carry on — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Put ice on it — no support - **3.** Put butter on it — no support - **4.** Cool it under running water for 20 minutes and get an adult — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · right ✓ {#t17} did u hear, Sophie's little bro pulled a pan off the cooker n got boiling water all down his arm, they say he'll have scars forever. what's the real lesson - **1.** Small children should never be allowed in any house where there is a cooker at all — no support - **2.** Boiling water burns are always healed in a day — no support - **3.** Pans are only dangerous when the water is cold — score 2 - **4.** Turn pan handles inwards so little ones cannot pull them down — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 14: «Turn pan handles inwards and stand back when a lid comes off, because boiling water and steam scald.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same thing acted on «pan handles» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18} my uncle reckons a lady put water on a chip pan fire n blew up the whole street. what's probably exaggerated - **1.** That chip pans can catch fire at all — no support - **2.** The whole street; water on burning oil does make a fireball — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** That water on burning oil is dangerous and can make the fire much worse — score 7 - **4.** Nothing, water on oil always flattens a street — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 40, line 13: «Water thrown on a pan of burning oil can make a fireball of burning oil.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «fireball» (+2); the same doer «water» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} someone said Jack cut his hand slicing a bagel in his palm n needed 30 stitches, n he cried like a baby lol, shall i tell everyone - **1.** Yes, so Jack learns to be tougher — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** No, mocking him is unkind; the lesson is cut on a board — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yes, because crying over a little cut on his hand is funny — no support - **4.** Yes, but only the bit about him crying — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal reason for which a blunt knife is considered more hazardous than a sharp one. - **1.** It is heavier and is therefore more likely to be dropped — no support - **2.** It conveys germs more readily than a sharp blade — no support - **3.** It cannot be used upon a chopping board at all without damaging the board — score 6 - **4.** It requires greater force and is therefore liable to slip — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 9: «A blunt knife is not safer: it needs more force, so when it slips it cuts you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «more force» (+2); the same doer «knife» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Whereas a pan of oil has caught fire, determine which action must on no account be taken. - **1.** Leaving the kitchen and calling for help — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Calling an adult to the kitchen at once — no support - **3.** Pouring water upon the burning oil — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Turning off the heat beneath the pan — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning raw cookie dough. - **1.** Raw dough is harmful only when it contains chocolate — no support - **2.** Raw egg and raw flour may carry germs, so it is baked before eating — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Raw flour is safe, whereas only raw sugar carries germs — score 5 - **4.** Raw dough is safe to eat provided that it has been kept in the refrigerator overnight — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 19: «Raw egg and raw flour can carry germs, so cookie dough and cake batter should be baked before eating.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same doer «raw egg» (+2); the same thing acted on «germs» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Pursuant to the cleaning of a blender, ascertain the precaution required before the blades are touched. - **1.** It must be filled with cold water first — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It must be left running at a low speed — no support - **3.** It must be placed upon a dry tea towel — no support - **4.** It must be switched off and unplugged — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/e4/) - ← previous: [104. Growing up, honesty and manners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners/) - next →: [106. Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)