--- title: A day at a grown-up's job — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / A day at a grown-up's job # A day at a grown-up's job The 15 questions of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t1/) — Overheard on the phone: "Yeah, she's my line manager, so it's her call, not mine." What does that tell you? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t2/) — Your big sister says: "Gary must be Dad's enemy, he moans about him all the time." Put her right. — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t3/) — Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids." Why might the family make a rule about it? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t4/) — Mum, grumpy: "Course Tom got the credit, he's mates with the director." What is she grumbling about? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t5/) — Your little brother says: "Mum's going on holiday without us to a hotel!" Put him right. — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t6/) — Dad walks in at 7.30, wet and muttering: "Two hours on that train, two hours." What is the kind thing to do? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t7/) — Mum is in her slippers at the laptop and you want to show her a drawing. What is best? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t8/) — Overheard: "Got my review Thursday, bricking it tbh, if it goes badly no raise this year." What is she worried about? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t9/) — Mum on the phone: "Sarah's off, Jim's left, and they still won't hire anyone. I'm knackered." Why won't they hire? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t10/) — Your friend says: "If my mum's grumpy after work, it means I'm in trouble." Put her right. — right ✓ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/t11/) — Dad: "Meeting ran over AGAIN, now I've got the actual work to do tonight." Why does he have to work tonight? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which an employee customarily complies with the instructions of a line manager. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of commuting? — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning an annual appraisal. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/e4/) — It is given that an organisation is short-staffed. Ascertain the most probable consequence for the remaining employees. — right ✓ · exam - next →: [2. Shifts, nights and other ways of working](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/)