--- title: Soft words for hard things: relations and family and child… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/) [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/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / Soft words for hard things: relations… # Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour The 17 questions of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 100 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/14-family-and-behaviour/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t1/) — Mum on the phone: "Sorry, she's tired, she's been screaming for an hour." What is going on? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t2/) — Neighbour, rough: "Your lad's a bloody handful, he's kicked my fence again." What is the neighbour saying? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t3/) — News: "Police attended a domestic in Mill Road last night." What did the police deal with? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t4/) — Classmate: "Dad's a weekend dad now, I see him Sat and Sun." What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t5/) — Teacher's note: "Freddie made a bad choice at lunch and pushed a friend." What really happened? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t6/) — Mum, exhausted: "He's not even 3 and he's a total threenager." What does she mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t7/) — Aunt: "Kids gone to uni, house is so quiet. Proper empty nester now." What has happened? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t8/) — Grandma laughing: "Oh, he's high-spirited, that one!" as he jumps on the sofa. What is she saying? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t9/) — Babysitter text: "bit of a meltdown at bedtime but she's asleep now" What happened at bedtime? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t10/) — Dad, snapping: "Right, naughty step, now. Three minutes." What is happening? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t11/) — Mum to cousin: "Don't worry, it's the terrible twos, it'll pass." What does she mean? — right ✓ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t12/) — Parenting leaflet: "Co-parenting works best when both parents agree on bedtimes." Who is the leaflet for? — right ✓ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/t13/) — Uncle: "Strong-willed? He's a stubborn little mule!" What do both phrases mean? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/e1/) — Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed when a carer states that a child is "going through a phase". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "time out" in respect of the discipline of young children. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/e3/) — It is stated that a child has been described as "spirited". Ascertain the quality thereby most probably intended. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the instruction "use your words" addressed to a young child? — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [13. Soft words for hard things: relations and family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/) - next →: [15. Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/) - ↑ back to [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/)