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title: Soft words for hard things: death and dying — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms 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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# Soft words for hard things: death and dying

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The 16 questions of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 94 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/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t1/) — News: "The singer, who passed away on Sunday, will be buried in her home town." What happened on Sunday? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t2/) — Mia: "my goldfish croaked lol, flushing him tonight." Is Mia sad about a real person? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t3/) — At a funeral, which would hurt the family most? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t4/) — Gossip: "Old Fred? Six feet under since March, mate." What do you learn about Fred? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t5/) — Ben's friend says "the late Mr Hill built this school". Ben says "so he's always late?" What should you tell Ben? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t6/) — A neighbour says "We lost our dad in the spring." What should you say? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t7/) — In a western: "Three outlaws bit the dust in the shootout." What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t8/) — Mum: "Your great-grandad departed this life before you were born." What does she mean? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t9/) — A plaque in a park reads "Here lies Captain Grey, at rest at last." What is under the plaque? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t10/) — Tom: "Grandpa says when he goes to meet his maker I get his watch." When will Tom get the watch? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t11/) — Chatty: "Bloody car finally bit the dust on the motorway." What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t12/) — A US pilot story: "Two of his friends bought the farm over the sea." What happened to his friends? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/e1/) — Identify the plain meaning of the expression "passed away" as employed in a formal notice of bereavement. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/e2/) — It is given that a churchyard is described as the "final resting place" of a certain individual. Determine what is thereby asserted. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/e3/) — Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "kicked the bucket". — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/e4/) — Ascertain the meaning conveyed by the designation "the late" when it precedes the name of a person. — right ✓ · exam

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