--- title: Younger children, losing and practising — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 251 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 8 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/) [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/) / 251 # Younger children, losing and practising **Tests:** 8 of 18 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 22 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 251 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/). 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} A girl in Wales was picked last for rounders (a bat-and-ball game) again and felt sad. Which is a good step? - **1.** Stop playing forever — no support - **2.** Say she hates rounders — no support - **3.** Talk to a teacher and keep practising — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Pick them last next time — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 2: «Everyone deserves someone to play with: if children say you cannot play, or you are always picked last, an adult on duty or a teacher can help, for example by…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «pick» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Why does the team need to know if you will miss practice? - **1.** The coach wants to give you a prize — no support - **2.** It does not matter at all — no support - **3.** The coach plans the team around you — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Practice will be cancelled — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 251, line 17: «If you will miss practice, you tell the coach in advance, because the team plans around you.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «plan» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} A boy practises piano scales 10 minutes a day; his friend practises once a month for 5 hours. Who will probably get better faster? - **1.** The friend who practises for hours — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** The boy who practises daily — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Neither of them, practice does not help — no support - **4.** They will be exactly the same — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 246, line 5: «A boy in Perth practises his recorder for fifteen minutes every evening, and after a month he plays better than his friend who practised for two hours on Sunda…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «practise» (+4); the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} You took your little brother to the park and now you cannot see him. What is the right first step? - **1.** Keep looking alone and tell nobody — no support - **2.** Wait an hour to see if he comes back — score 5 - **3.** Tell the nearest adult immediately — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Go home and say nothing — 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 82, line 16: «If you swallow medicine or something poisonous by mistake, tell an adult immediately so they can call poison control or emergency help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same property (+2); the same receiver «adult» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Your 2-year-old sister is crawling near your marble game on the floor. What is the danger? - **1.** She could knock all the marbles out of order and spoil the game — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** The marbles will get dirty — no support - **3.** She might win the game — no support - **4.** She could put a marble in her mouth and choke — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 216, line 16: «Cheating spoils a game, and people stop wanting to play with a cheat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spoil» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «game» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Learning to skateboard feels hopeless. Which plan is best? - **1.** Learn one small step at a time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Try the hardest trick first — no support - **3.** Practise only when friends watch — no support - **4.** Stop after the first fall — 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} A four-year-old loses at tag and cries. Why should an older child be patient? - **1.** Little children are still learning to lose — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** She will never play again — score 7 - **3.** It is all the older child's fault for winning — score 5 - **4.** Crying always means that she cheated — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 251, line 1: «Little children are still learning how to play: they cry when they lose, wander off at the park and put small things in their mouths, so an older child plays g…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «little children» (+4); the same action «learn» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} A girl tries a high trick from a skating video alone on a steep ramp. Why is this unwise? - **1.** Tricks only work on video — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Ramps are always closed — no support - **3.** It would be too easy — no support - **4.** It may be dangerous without a coach — **✓ 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} lil sis lost at snap n she's crying - **1.** Tell her she's a bad loser — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Comfort her and play again — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Stop playing with her forever — no support - **4.** Laugh and win again — 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} watching my bro at the park n he's gone?! can't see him - **1.** Climb a tree to look — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Go home and wait — no support - **3.** Keep looking alone for an hour — no support - **4.** Tell an adult at once — **✓ 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} didn't get picked for the team again. so rubbish - **1.** Give up the sport for good — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Pretend you never wanted to play anyway — no support - **3.** Pick on the kids who were chosen n make them sorry — no support - **4.** Tell a teacher or parent and keep practising — **✓ 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} can't miss practice saturday but i've got a party. what do i do - **1.** Tell the coach in advance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **2.** Just don't turn up — no support - **3.** Send a friend instead of you — no support - **4.** Tell him on Monday — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 251, line 17: «If you will miss practice, you tell the coach in advance, because the team plans around you.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same thing acted on «coach» (+4); the same place «advance» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} watching my bro at the pool, gonna check my phone for a sec - **1.** Keep your eyes on him the whole time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Fine if he's in the shallow end — no support - **3.** Fine for a few seconds, nothing happens that fast — no support - **4.** Only if he has his armbands on — 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 251, line 19: «Little children can drown in seconds in very shallow water, so watching them means eyes on them all the time.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «eyes» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} lost again, wanna throw the bat - **1.** No, put it down and cool off — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Throw it at the fence — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** Throw it at the grass, it can't hurt grass — score 1 - **4.** Only throw it gently, so it doesn't break — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 251, line 7: «A boy in Leeds threw his bat after losing a game; it hit a younger child in the face and broke her tooth.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «bat» (+2); the same action «throw» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15} Why must little children never be left alone near water, even shallow water? - **1.** They get bored — score 3 - **2.** The water gets dirty — score 1 - **3.** They splash too much and soak everyone nearby — score 5 - **4.** They can drown in seconds without a sound — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 11, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 12: «A small child must never be left alone in a bath, because small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drown» (+6); the same doer «small children» (+3); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16} did u hear a girl was looking after her little brother at the park, looked at her phone, and he wandered off to the pond? real lesson? - **1.** Keep little ones in sight every moment — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** Little ones always stay put — no support - **3.** Ponds are safe for toddlers — no support - **4.** It's fine to check your phone briefly — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 251, line 9: «When you look after a younger sibling at the park, you keep them in sight and tell an adult at once if you lose them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «sight» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} apparently a kid got so mad losing at footy he threw his boot and hit a little kid in the face. what's the true lesson? - **1.** Little kids shouldn't be allowed to watch games — score 6 - **2.** Anger at losing can hurt others; calm down first — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Losing is never upsetting — no support - **4.** Throw things only at the big kids, who can take it — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 212, line 6: «A boy in Birmingham lost his temper and threw a heavy toy at his brother; it hit him by the eye and he needed stitches, and the boy felt terrible for weeks.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); the same action «throw» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t18} my mate says the new kid's useless at sport cos he's never picked first. pass it on? - **1.** Yes, if he's not listening — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** No, it's unkind; skills grow with practice — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yes, so he stops trying — no support - **4.** Yes, it's just honest — 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t18/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the most effective pattern of practice for improving a skill. - **1.** Practice only before a match — no support - **2.** One very long session a year — no support - **3.** Regular short sessions — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Practice only when one is not tired — 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 251, line 14: «Skills improve with regular, short practice sessions.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct when looking after a younger sibling at a park? - **1.** Allowing him near water alone — no support - **2.** Keeping him in sight and telling an adult at once if lost — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **3.** Leaving him to play while one plays elsewhere — no support - **4.** Searching alone for an hour before telling — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 251, line 9: «When you look after a younger sibling at the park, you keep them in sight and tell an adult at once if you lose them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same receiver «adult» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response consistent with established practice when a child will miss a team practice. - **1.** He informs only a teammate afterwards — no support - **2.** He informs the coach in advance — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** He informs nobody — no support - **4.** He leaves the team — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 229, line 22: «Children who leave the path and lose sight of their group get lost quickly, because trees all look alike.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+5); the same doer «children» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Ascertain the reason for which game pieces are moved to a high table when a baby is present. - **1.** High tables make the game fairer — no support - **2.** Babies may win the game — no support - **3.** Small pieces may choke a baby — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Pieces are lost more easily on floors — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 251, line 11: «Small game pieces can choke a baby, so you move your game to a high table.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «small game pieces» (+2); the same thing acted on «baby» (+2); the same action «choke» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/e4/) - ← previous: [250. Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/) - next →: [252. Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)