--- title: Paying for a home and the bills — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/) [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/) / Paying for a home and the bills # Paying for a home and the bills The 15 questions of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t1/) — You overhear Mum on the phone: "Third time I've rung, the heating's still broken and it's freezing." Who is she probably ringing? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t2/) — Your sister says "We pay council tax so the council fixes our telly." Put her right. — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t3/) — Dad mutters "bloody energy prices, it's the war again". Why would a war far away change the bill? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t4/) — Uncle says "I never switch, I'm loyal, they look after loyal customers." What is usually true? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t5/) — Nan says "Insurance is a waste, I've never claimed once in 40 years." What is the best reply? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t6/) — Mum: "rent's gone up 100 quid, so no takeaway friday for a while." Why no takeaway? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t7/) — Dad sighs: "Mortgage, energy, council tax, all gone out the first of the month." Why did he not pay at a till? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t8/) — Your cousin says "Renting means your family is poor and failed." Put him right. — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t9/) — A friend says "Close the window? Nah, just turn the heating up, it's free." What is wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t10/) — Mum: "No holiday abroad this year, we're putting it all towards the house deposit." What is going on? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/t11/) — You leave the kettle half full for your one cup of tea, and Dad says "good lad". Why? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/e1/) — Identify the principal consequence where a household ceases to remit mortgage repayments over a prolonged period. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/e2/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises council tax? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/e3/) — Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning payment by direct debit. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/e4/) — Ascertain the purpose of an insurance policy in respect of a household. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [5. Where money comes from](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/) - next →: [7. Cards, banks and apps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/)