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title: Bad news, protests and helping others — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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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# Bad news, protests and helping others

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The 15 questions of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t1/) — Your sister says «Fake news means any news Dad doesn't like.» Put her right. — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t2/) — A video says «Schools closing forever from Monday!!» but no news site reports it. What should you think? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t3/) — Overheard: «Bloody trains, strike again. Mind you, I'd strike too on that pay.» What does he think? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t4/) — Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.» Is he right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t5/) — Mum after the news: «Those poor families, I've sent twenty quid to the Red Cross.» Why did she do it? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t6/) — Your cousin did a sponsored silence for an hour and raised £40. Where does the money go? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t7/) — Brother: «Homeless people are just lazy, don't look at him.» What's the fair answer? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t8/) — Dad turns the radio off: «Enough doom for one day.» What is he doing? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t9/) — Mum's petition to save the town library gets thousands of signatures. What does a big petition do? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t10/) — Gran says «I don't get a penny, love, but I get a cuppa and good company.» What does she do? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t11/) — Little brother is scared after seeing a war on the news. What can you tell him? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a strike? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/e2/) — Identify the principal purpose of a petition. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning volunteering. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/e4/) — It is given that a widely circulated video is reported by no reputable source. Determine the most prudent course of action. — wrong ✗ · exam

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