--- title: New partners and step-families — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» 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/16-new-partners-and-step-families/) [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/) / New partners and step-families # New partners and step-families The 15 questions of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 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/16-new-partners-and-step-families/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t1/) — Overheard on the phone: "I think it's time the kids met Tom, it's getting serious." What is going on? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t2/) — Your little brother says, "Dad's girlfriend is our new mum now, so Mum's not our mum any more." Put him right. — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t3/) — Gossip at the school gate: "His mum's remarrying, poor kid's got a whole new lot of siblings." What new siblings are meant? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t4/) — Kayla in Toronto has one mum and one step-mum who married her mum. A boy says, "That's not a proper family." Who is right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t5/) — Your mate goes, "ugh his kid's in MY room every weekend now, I didn't ask for this." Which is closest to how he feels? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t6/) — Dad says, "Me and Jo are having a baby." What will the baby be to you? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t7/) — Auntie to Mum in the kitchen, a bit sharp: "So is it serious with Mark or just a fling?" What is she asking? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t8/) — Your step-brother mutters, "shut up, you're not even my real brother." What is most likely behind it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t9/) — Lucas in Auckland lives with just his mum since his dad died. Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t10/) — Your sister insists, "If Mum marries Dave we'll have to call him Dad, that's the rule." Put her right. — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t11/) — Mum gives you a choice: "Would you like to walk with me at the wedding, or just sit with Gran?" What does that show? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship of a parent's new spouse to that parent's existing child? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/e2/) — A child born to the child's father and the father's new partner shall hereinafter be designated as which of the following? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/e3/) — Identify the principal meaning of the term "remarriage" as applied to a parent. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning families headed by two mothers. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [15. When parents separate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/) - next →: [17. Gran, cousins and the whole wide family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/)