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title: When someone dies — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 24 «When someone dies» 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.
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# When someone dies

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The 15 questions of lesson 24 «When someone dies» 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/24-when-someone-dies/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t1/) — Your little brother says, "Grandad's just asleep, he'll wake up after the funeral." How do you put him right gently? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t2/) — Mum on the phone: "We lost Bill on Sunday, it was his heart." What happened to Bill? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t3/) — Your cousin says, "Hospices are where they kill old people, innit." How do you put her right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t4/) — Dad, wiping his eyes: "Sorry, mate, don't mind me, I'm being soft." What is the kind answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t5/) — Six months on, Mum suddenly cries in the supermarket when Nan's favourite song comes on. Why? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t6/) — At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only sixty!" Why is she upset? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t7/) — A boy at school says, "My dad died in a crash, no warning, nothing." What kind of death was it? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t8/) — Your sister worries, "Uncle died suddenly, so Dad's gonna die suddenly too." What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t9/) — Dad laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we'll have to open a restaurant." Why is so much food arriving? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t10/) — On the news: "He leaves a widow and three children." What does this mean? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t11/) — Your friend says, "My nan says Grandad's a star in the sky now, but my dad says he's just gone." Who is right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e2/) — Identify the principal meaning of the expression "passed away" when employed in respect of a person. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning grief. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e4/) — It is given that a woman's husband has died. Ascertain the term by which she is thereafter designated. — right ✓ · exam

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