--- title: Growing, seeing and hearing — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 211 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 11 of 18 tests right, exam 3 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/) [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/) / 211 # Growing, seeing and hearing **Tests:** 11 of 18 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 17 of 22 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 211 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/). 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} A girl in Vermont sits in the front row but still cannot read the board. What is the likely next step? - **1.** Moving to a different school with bigger whiteboards — no support - **2.** Telling her parents and having an eye test — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Sitting even closer each week — no support - **4.** Giving up reading — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 120, line 14: «Icy steps make people fall, so walk carefully and tell a grown-up to grit or salt them, which means spreading tiny stones or salt so feet grip and the ice melt…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «icy steps» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Two ten-year-old twins in Glasgow are different heights. Why is that normal? - **1.** Heights only ever differ in adults — no support - **2.** Each body grows at its own pace — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** Twins must be the same height or be ill — no support - **4.** One twin is older by a whole year — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 1: «Every body grows at its own pace: growth spurts come at different ages, so friends of the same age can be very different heights.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «body» (+4); the same action «grow» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Your classmate's hearing aid falls on the floor. What do you do? - **1.** Tell your classmate or the teacher and let them pick it up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Kick it to the side — no support - **3.** Put it in your own ear to test it — no support - **4.** Keep it as a joke — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 79, line 13: «The five-second rule is a myth: food that falls on the floor picks up germs at once.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «pick up» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Which is true about growth spurts? - **1.** They happen only once a year in summer — no support - **2.** They come at different ages for different children — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** They happen to everyone on the morning of their tenth birthday — no support - **4.** They only happen to boys — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 1: «Every body grows at its own pace: growth spurts come at different ages, so friends of the same age can be very different heights.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «growth spurts» (+2); the same place «different ages» (+2); the same action «come» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} A boy is teased for being the tallest in his class. What should others know? - **1.** He must be much older — score 5 - **2.** Tall children are always clumsy — no support - **3.** He should try to grow less — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** Height differences are normal and never a reason to tease — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 5: «A boy in Ohio tried to cut a bagel by holding it in his palm; the knife slipped and he needed stitches in his hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+3). 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Why might a child who cannot see the board start doing worse at school? - **1.** Seeing badly is always their fault — no support - **2.** They miss what is written, so an eye test can really help — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Eye tests make reading harder — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** Blurry boards make you less clever over time, so marks drop — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 22: «Children of 9–10 need about 9 to 12 hours of sleep, and too little makes it harder to learn, remember and stay calm.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). Against it: the same property (-1); a different doer (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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} You want to tell a joke to a friend with a hearing aid in a noisy hall. What helps most? - **1.** Write nothing down and just hope — no support - **2.** Face them and speak clearly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Shout to them from across the hall — no support - **4.** Whisper it behind their back — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 16: «It helps a person who wears a hearing aid if you face them and speak clearly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+3); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Your friend is the shortest in class and is sad. What is true and kind to say? - **1.** You will be short forever — no support - **2.** Stand on tiptoes all the time — no support - **3.** Everyone grows at their own pace, and you may grow later — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Eat more sweets to grow — 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 211, line 1: «Every body grows at its own pace: growth spurts come at different ages, so friends of the same age can be very different heights.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} cant read the board from the back, its all blurry - **1.** Tell your teacher and a parent; you may need an eye test — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** It's normal, ignore it — no support - **3.** Copy from your friend forever — no support - **4.** Squint harder every day — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 87, line 4: «A boy in Bristol could not read the board, so he told his teacher; an eye test showed he needed glasses, and now his maths is much easier.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «teacher» (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} im the shortest in the class, will i always be? - **1.** Only if your shoes are small — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, height never changes after 9 — no support - **3.** Yes, you'll stay short forever, it's in your blood — no support - **4.** Not necessarily, everyone grows at their own pace — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Tom's got a hearing aid, can i have a look at it - **1.** Respect it and don't touch it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Yes, try it on yourself — no support - **3.** Yes, take it out to look — no support - **4.** Yes, but only when he's not looking — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 15: «You respect someone's hearing aid and do not touch it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «respect» (+3); the same thing acted on «hearing aid» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} kids laughin at Amy's new glasses - **1.** Tell her not to wear them — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Join in, glasses are funny — no support - **3.** Differences like glasses are normal, never a reason to tease — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Hide her glasses for a joke — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} earbuds on full blast all day, it's fine i'm young - **1.** Yes, young ears can't be hurt by any loud music — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Only one ear at a time — no support - **3.** Yes, as long as you like the song — no support - **4.** No, loud sound can damage hearing for good — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} Tom squints at the board and his marks are falling. What should happen? - **1.** He ignores it, eyes fix themselves — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He tells an adult and gets his eyes checked — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He moves to sit further back, away from the glare — no support - **4.** He copies from his neighbour — 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15} something's stuck in my ear, gonna get it out with a pencil - **1.** No, you could hurt your eardrum, tell an adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** Use a hairgrip instead — no support - **3.** Yes, carefully — no support - **4.** Shake your head hard — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 19: «Never push anything like a pencil or hairgrip into your ear; it can hurt the eardrum, the thin skin deep inside the ear that lets you hear, so tell an adult if…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+4). 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16} did u hear that kid with the hearing aid, someone pulled it out as a joke and it broke and cost like a million quid. real lesson? - **1.** Only grown-ups' hearing aids matter — score 4 - **2.** Never touch someone's hearing aid; respect it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Hearing aids are basically toys, so it's okay to try one on — no support - **4.** It's fine if you put it back quickly — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 211, line 15: «You respect someone's hearing aid and do not touch it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «touch» (+3); the same thing acted on «aid» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} my mate says if u listen to music loud in ur headphones u go totally deaf in a week. what's probably blown up? - **1.** That hearing damage is serious — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A week; but long loud sound can damage hearing for life — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** That headphones can be loud — no support - **4.** That loud sound can harm hearing — 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18} everyone's saying the short boy in our class has something wrong with him cos he's tiny. pass it on? - **1.** Yes, so a doctor finds out — no support - **2.** Yes, if you say it kindly — score 1 - **3.** Yes, it's just being honest — no support - **4.** No, everyone grows at their own pace; don't spread it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 211, line 8: «Everyone grows at their own pace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+3); the same doer «everyone» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t18/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Identify the most accurate statement concerning the growth of children of the same age. - **1.** Short children never grow taller later — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** All children of the same age attain very nearly the same height in the end — score 3 - **3.** Growth spurts occur at different ages, so heights differ greatly — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Tall children continue growing longest — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 211, line 10: «A short child may grow a lot later, and a tall child may stop growing earlier.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «tall child» (+2). The right option, 3, 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a pupil is unable to see the board? - **1.** To inform a teacher and a parent, as an eye test may be needed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** To copy from a neighbour's book — no support - **3.** To strain the eyes until they adapt — no support - **4.** To sit nearer and inform nobody — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 87, line 8: «If you cannot see the board at school, tell a teacher and a parent, because you may need an eye test.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «eye test» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning prolonged exposure to loud sound. - **1.** It may damage hearing permanently, beyond repair — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** It damages hearing only temporarily — no support - **3.** It is harmless through headphones — no support - **4.** It strengthens hearing over time, as a muscle is strengthened — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 18: «Loud sound for a long time can damage hearing for life, and the damage cannot be repaired.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «damage» (+3); the same thing acted on «hearing» (+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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Ascertain the manner most helpful when addressing a person who wears a hearing aid. - **1.** Facing the person and speaking clearly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** Speaking from behind the person — no support - **3.** Shouting directly into the ear fitted with the aid — no support - **4.** Whispering so as not to be too loud — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 16: «It helps a person who wears a hearing aid if you face them and speak clearly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+4); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/e4/) - ← previous: [210. First aid, medicine and the sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/) - next →: [212. Anger and fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)