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title: Days, weeks and months — how Mova does on the tests · World
description: Lesson 111 of the world course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Days, weeks and months

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 8 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 111 of the world 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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/).

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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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/).

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### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1}

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Zack's teacher says "close but no cigar" to his 48-week year. What does she mean?

- **1.** Totally wrong; it is 100 weeks — no support
- **2.** Right, but only in a leap year — no support
- **3.** Nearly right, but wrong; it is 52 weeks and a day — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Exactly right, well done — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 111, line 5: «Time words help plan: a "fortnight" is 14 days, and "every other Thursday" means every second Thursday, 14 days apart.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «14 days» (+1). 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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Harvey, Monday morning: "Weekend's like a million days away." How many days until the weekend starts on Saturday?

- **1.** 1,000,000 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 7 — no support
- **3.** 3 — no support
- **4.** 5 — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Amira asks, "Who's right, Dubai (in the United Arab Emirates) with Saturday and Sunday off, or Saudi with Friday and Saturday?"

- **1.** Neither, because the real weekend is only ever Sunday — score 3
- **2.** Only Dubai, because weekends must be Saturday and Sunday — score 3
- **3.** Only Saudi Arabia, because Friday is always a day off everywhere — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Neither is wrong; countries choose their own weekends — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 111, line 11: «Weekdays are Monday to Friday; in Britain, the USA and most countries the weekend is Saturday and Sunday.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «weekdays» (+3); the same thing acted on «monday» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Josh says the day after the day after Tuesday is Friday. The class shouts, "Nooo!" Why?

- **1.** It is really Wednesday — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He counted one day too many; it is Thursday — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He counted one too few; it is Saturday — no support
- **4.** It is really Tuesday again — no support

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**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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Rosa panics about a party on "31 June". What is the most likely fix?

- **1.** Go on 31 July instead — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Stay home, because the party is fake — no support
- **3.** Ask; it may be 30 June or 1 July — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Go on 31 May instead — no support

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**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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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A Scottish nan: "Dinnae fash, bairn, ye ken the rhyme: thirty days hath September." ("Dinnae fash" means don't worry.) Which month in her rhyme has 30 days?

- **1.** October — no support
- **2.** December — no support
- **3.** August — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** September — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 111, line 3: «Two old tricks tell you how long each month is. The rhyme: "Thirty days hath September, April, June and November" ("hath" is old English for "has"), all the re…», 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 doer «july» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Ben's mum: "Bins every other Thursday, last was the 5th." The month has 30 days. When is the bin day after the 19th?

- **1.** The 2nd day of next month — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The 1st day of next month — no support
- **3.** The 3rd of next month — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The 26th of this month — no support

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**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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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Mo shows the knuckle trick but starts on the second knuckle. What would go wrong?

- **1.** Every month would come out with 31 days — score 5
- **2.** February would come out with 30 days — no support
- **3.** The months would land on the wrong knuckles and dips — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **4.** Nothing; you can start anywhere — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 111, line 10: «In the knuckle trick, months that land on a knuckle have 31 days, and months that land in a dip have fewer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «knuckle» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «land» (+1); the same doer «months» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Max's sister says the week has 7 days "cos God made it", Dad says "cos of the Moon, sort of". What's the fairest answer?

- **1.** There are several reasons, including both, and nobody is totally sure — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Only the sister is right — no support
- **3.** Neither; the week has 7 days by accident — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** Only Dad is right — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 111, line 6: «A week has 7 days, and a normal year has 52 weeks and 1 day, which is 365 days.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «week» (+2); the same property (+1). 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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t9/)

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### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10}

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What would happen if every month had exactly 4 weeks?

- **1.** A year of 12 months would be only 336 days, too short — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Nothing would change — no support
- **3.** A year would still be 365 days — no support
- **4.** A year would be 400 days, too long — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 111, line 6: «A week has 7 days, and a normal year has 52 weeks and 1 day, which is 365 days.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «365 days» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Leo counts a fortnight from Saturday 3rd and gets Friday 17th. What's wrong?

- **1.** It should be Saturday 10th — no support
- **2.** It should be Sunday 18th — no support
- **3.** A fortnight later is the same weekday, Saturday 17th — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A fortnight is 13 days, so Friday is right — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 111, line 15: «A fortnight is 14 days; the word comes from old English "fourteen nights", and a date a fortnight later falls on the same weekday.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fortnight» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t11/)

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### Test 12 · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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A cartoon calendar shows February with 31 days. Put it right.

- **1.** February has 31 days, like January — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** February has 28 days, or 29 in a leap year — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** February has 27 days — score 3
- **4.** February has 30 days — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 111, line 9: «February has 28 days, or 29 in a leap year.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «february» (+1); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Determine the number of days comprised in fifty-two weeks.

- **1.** Three hundred and fifty-six — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Three hundred and sixty-four — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Three hundred and fifty — no support
- **4.** Three hundred and sixty-five — no support

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**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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Identify the month which, in accordance with the traditional rhyme, comprises thirty days.

- **1.** November — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** January — no support
- **3.** October — no support
- **4.** December — no support

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**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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Whereas refuse is collected upon alternate Thursdays and was last collected upon the fifth, ascertain the date of the next collection within the same month.

- **1.** The nineteenth — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The twelfth — no support
- **3.** The twenty-sixth — no support
- **4.** The seventh — no support

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**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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the seven-day week.

- **1.** It derives solely from the number of planets now known — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Several origins are proposed, and none is known with certainty — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It was devised in the twentieth century — no support
- **4.** It was fixed by an international vote in 1900 — no support

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**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/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/e4/)

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