Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 14 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«I'll take your advise, then I'll practice». Which British spellings are right?
- 1. advise (noun), practice (verb) — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. advice (noun), practise (verb) — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. advice (noun), practice (verb) — score 7
- 4. advise (noun), practise (verb) — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 14, line 4: «In British English some pairs split by job. Advice and practice (with c) are nouns, things; advise and practise (with s) are verbs, doing words: «Take my advic…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «advice» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«accomodate, one m, sorted, it's mad hard anyway». What's the slip?
- 1. Nothing, «accomodate» is right — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It needs only one c too — no support
- 3. It needs a double d — no support
- 4. It has double m as well as double c — ✓ 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
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
«tempratur, that's how I say it, it's dreich and I'm done». What would help?
- 1. Say it slowly in parts: tem-per-a-ture — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Use a shorter word, like «heat», forever — no support
- 3. Write it the way you say it — no support
- 4. Learn it by its shape only — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 3: «Some words hide letters that fast speech drops. «Desperate» is des-per-ate, not «desprate»; «temperature» is tem-per-a-ture, not «temprature». Saying the word…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «parts» (+4); the same action «say» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Ade's teacher in London writes «computer program». Ade says it should be «programme». Who's right?
- 1. Ade: «program» is American only — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The teacher: a computer program is «program» everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Both are wrong: it is «programm» — no support
- 4. Ade: always «programme» in Britain — 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 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if you only practised list words in a spelling test, never in writing?
- 1. Nothing, tests and writing are the same — no support
- 2. You'd use them perfectly in every letter — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. You might spell them in tests but not use them well in writing — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. You would forget how to read them — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 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 13, line 16: «Using a list word in your own sentence checks its meaning as well as its spelling.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); the same thing acted on «list word» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«embarassed has one r, bruv». Which trick fixes it?
- 1. Embarrassed rhymes with «barest» — no support
- 2. Really Red And Smile Shyly: double r and double s — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Write it as it sounds: imbarist — score 6
- 4. Every big word has only one r, so one r is enough here too — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 4: «The past ending is always spelled -ed, even though it sounds like /t/ in «jumped», /d/ in «played» and /id/ in «wanted». Consonant + y changes to i before -ed…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «words» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
In a cartoon, a sign says «Neccessary items only». What is wrong?
- 1. One c, not two: «necessary» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It should be spelled «nessessary» — no support
- 3. Two s's should be one: «necesary» — no support
- 4. Nothing; that's the right spelling — 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 8 · ★★ · right ✓
«rhyme comes from Greek like rhythm, obvs». What's more accurate?
- 1. «Rhythm» is Greek; «rhyme» took its rh from «rhythm» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. «Rhyme» is Greek, «rhythm» is French — no support
- 3. Neither has rh in it — score 7
- 4. Both are Latin words — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 13: ««Rhyme» and «rhythm» both start with rh; «rhythm» is from Greek and «rhyme» took its rh from «rhythm».», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «rh» (+4); the same place «rhythm» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«ancient? that's a sh sound, so ansh-ent». How is the /sh/ spelled?
- 1. sh, as in «anshent» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. ci, as in «ancient» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. ti, as in «antient» — no support
- 4. ch, as in «anchent» — 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 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
★★★ How many words are spelled correctly: privilege, embarrass, necessary, desprate, accommodate?
- 1. 2 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 4 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 5 — no support
- 4. 3 — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
★★★ In British English, which sentence is spelled correctly?
- 1. I need more practise, so I'll practice tonight — no support
- 2. I need more practise, so I'll practise tonight — no support
- 3. I need more practice, so I'll practice tonight — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 4. I need more practice, so I'll practise tonight — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 14, line 4: «In British English some pairs split by job. Advice and practice (with c) are nouns, things; advise and practise (with s) are verbs, doing words: «Take my advic…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «practice» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
★★★ Which word has the SAME number of double letters as «accommodate»?
- 1. desperate — no support
- 2. necessary — no support
- 3. embarrass — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. privilege — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 2: «Double letters are the classic trap. «Accommodate» has double c and double m, room for everyone. «Embarrass» has double r and double s: embarrassed people go R…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «privilege» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «required» or «indispensable».
- 1. neccessary — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. necessary — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. necesary — no support
- 4. neccesary — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the principal distinction, in British usage, between «advice» and «advise».
- 1. «Advice» is a noun, whereas «advise» is a verb — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. «Advice» is a verb, whereas «advise» is a noun — no support
- 3. «Advise» is the American form of «advice» — no support
- 4. The two forms are interchangeable in all contexts — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the words «programme» and «program» in British English.
- 1. «Programme» is obsolete and has been replaced by «program» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Program» denotes a broadcast, whereas «programme» denotes software — no support
- 3. «Programme» denotes a broadcast or plan, whereas «program» denotes computer software — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Both forms are incorrect in British English, the correct form being «programm» in all its senses — 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 assists a pupil in the spelling of words frequently shortened in speech, such as «temperature»?
- 1. The pronunciation of the word slowly, syllable by syllable — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. The substitution of a shorter word in all writing — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. The spelling of the word as it is spoken rapidly — score 6
- 4. The memorisation of the word by its shape — score 4
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 8, line 4: «Adding -tion often turns a doing word (verb) into a thing word (noun): inform becomes information, educate becomes education. Many of these are school and work…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «school words» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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