Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 13 of the english 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.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · right ✓
«hundred words, innit, I'll learn 'em in alphabetical order, one night». What is better?
- 1. A few each week, in groups by meaning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. All 100 in one night, A to Z — no support
- 3. None, you'll pick them up from telly — no support
- 4. Only the short ones — 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
Test 2 · wrong ✗
«seperate looks right to me, bro». Which trick fixes it?
- 1. Separate rhymes with «per» — no support
- 2. Separate has «a pet» in the middle of it — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. Write it how it sounds — score 8
- 4. There's «a rat» in separate — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 13, line 10: ««Separate» has «a rat» in it: sep-a-rat-e.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «separate» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
«beleive, that's peak, I always get it wrong». What should Jacob look for?
- 1. The hidden word «leaf» in «believe» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The hidden word «bee» in «believe» — no support
- 3. The hidden word «lie» in «believe» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The hidden word «eve» in «believe» — 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
Test 4 · right ✓
What would happen if Leo always spelled words the way he says them fast?
- 1. He'd drop parts, like «libry» for «library» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. His handwriting would get neater and faster too — no support
- 3. His spelling would always be right — no support
- 4. Nothing, fast speech has every part — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 4: «Say words slowly when you spell them. Many people say «libry» and «Febuary», dropping a part in fast speech, but the spelling keeps every part: li-brar-y, Feb-…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drop» (+4); the same thing acted on «part» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
«hight, h-i-g-h-t, sorted». What did Aoife's friend miss?
- 1. The silent k: kheight — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. The e: height is h-e-i-g-h-t — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. A double t at the end — score 9
- 4. Nothing, «hight» is right — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 9, line 3: «The root word can change at the join. Consonant + y turns into i: happy, happily, happiness; easy, easily. Words ending in -ic add -ally: basic, basically; dra…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+5); the same doer «words» (+5). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · right ✓
«business is just bizz-ness, so b-i-z-n-e-s-s». Put him right.
- 1. It's busy + ness: b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. It's bus + iness: b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s-e — no support
- 3. It's b-u-s-y-n-e-s-s — no support
- 4. He's right, it is spelled bizness — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 3: «Then give the tricky bit a story. There is «a rat» in «sep-a-rat-e». You should never be-LIE-ve a LIE. «Business» is busy + ness, so busy's y turned into i. «G…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «business» (+2); the same thing acted on «busy + ness» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
«grammer is sus, it should end in -er like hammer». Is Fynn right?
- 1. No, «grammar» ends in -ar — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Yes, change it to «grammer» — no support
- 3. Yes, both spellings are correct — no support
- 4. No, it ends in -our, like colour — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 3: «Then give the tricky bit a story. There is «a rat» in «sep-a-rat-e». You should never be-LIE-ve a LIE. «Business» is busy + ness, so busy's y turned into i. «G…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «ar» (+4); the same action «end» (+2); the same doer «grammar» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
«learn possession tonight», no cap, it's got loads of s's. How many s's, and how are they grouped?
- 1. Two: one pair — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Five: sss at the start and ss at the end — no support
- 3. Three: s, ss — no support
- 4. Four: two pairs, ss and ss — ✓ 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
Test 9 · right ✓
A cartoon kid says «I can spell «although» so I know it». What's the better test?
- 1. Use it in a sentence of your own — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Spell it backwards — no support
- 3. Find it in a dictionary — no support
- 4. Spell it ten times fast — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 4: «Say words slowly when you spell them. Many people say «libry» and «Febuary», dropping a part in fast speech, but the spelling keeps every part: li-brar-y, Feb-…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+5); the same place «own sentence» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
★★★ Which list has every word spelled correctly?
- 1. seperate, believe, library, height — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. separate, beleive, libary, height — no support
- 3. separate, believe, library, hieght — no support
- 4. separate, believe, library, height — ✓ 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
Test 11 · right ✓
★★★ «Busy» becomes «business». Which other word changes its y to i in the same way?
- 1. happy → happiness — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. play → playful — no support
- 3. day → days — score 10
- 4. enjoy → enjoyment — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 6, line 10: «Many -f and -fe words change to -ves (leaf, leaves; knife, knives; loaf, loaves), but some just add -s (roofs, chefs).», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «change» (+5); the same doer «many f words» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · wrong ✗
★★★ How many of these list words have a «gu» where the u is not said: guard, guide, guess, fruit?
- 1. 2 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 1 — no support
- 3. 3 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 4 — 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the statutory spelling list for Years 3 and 4.
- 1. It comprises only words of more than four syllables — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. It comprises approximately one hundred words in frequent use in pupils' writing — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. It comprises words selected at random each year by the examination boards for the purpose of testing — score 2
- 4. It comprises approximately one thousand words of exceptional rarity — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 13, line 2: «A long list is easier in groups by meaning: time words (century, February, history), place words (address, island, position), thinking words (believe, consider…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «long list» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «to set or keep apart».
- 1. separate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. seperete — no support
- 3. separete — no support
- 4. seperate — 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal derivation of the word «business».
- 1. The noun «bus» with the suffix -iness — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The adjective «busy» with the suffix -ness — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A word borrowed from Latin — no support
- 4. The verb «buzz» with the suffix -ness — 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following methods most accurately verifies that a pupil both spells and comprehends a word from the list?
- 1. The location of the word in an index — no support
- 2. The copying of the word on ten successive occasions without reference to its meaning — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. The composition by the pupil of a sentence employing the word — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. The recitation of the word letter by letter at speed — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 1: «Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things: see and sea, bear and bare, piece and peace. When you read, the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «words» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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