--- title: Borrowing and debt — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» 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/8-borrowing-and-debt/) [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/) / Borrowing and debt # Borrowing and debt The 16 questions of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school with their options, 93 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/8-borrowing-and-debt/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t1/) — Your brother says "Debt means we're bad people." Put him right. — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t2/) — Overheard on the phone: "Look, I've only paid the minimum for two years and it's barely gone down!" Why? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t3/) — Your cousin wants a £300 bike "on buy now pay later, it's basically free". What is the best question to ask? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t4/) — Dad grumbles "Missed one phone payment and now the flat agency won't rent to us." What has probably happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t5/) — Mum: "Stop hiding the letters, Steve, the longer you leave it the worse it gets." What is true? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t6/) — A man on telly says "Borrowed £200 till payday, ended up owing loads more, kept borrowing to pay it back." What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t7/) — Your mate whispers "Bailiffs can take anything, even your bed and your telly!" Put him right. — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t8/) — Two loans for the same car: one adds £5 a year for every £100 borrowed, the other £15. Which costs less in total? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t9/) — Your sister lent her friend £5 for sweets. It's been a month, nothing back, and now they're not talking. What lesson is this? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t10/) — Mum, quietly: "We'll be fine, the debt people are helping us." What should you do? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t11/) — Grandad: "Savings and debts grow the same way, kid." What does he mean? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t12/) — Dad: "If we'd saved up first we'd have paid £800 less for this car." Why? — right ✓ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/e1/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises the consequence of remitting only the minimum payment upon a credit card balance? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/e2/) — Identify the principal function of a credit score. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/e3/) — Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning the enforcement of debts by bailiffs. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/e4/) — Ascertain the most prudent course of action for a household in receipt of a final demand which it is unable to settle. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [7. Cards, banks and apps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/) - next →: [9. When money is tight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/)