--- title: Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and schoo… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» 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/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/) [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: children's… # Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers The 17 questions of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 103 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/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t1/) — Parents' evening: "Sophie is very sociable, she always has something to say to her neighbour." What is the teacher saying? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t2/) — School report: "Writing: emerging." How is the child doing in writing? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t3/) — Mum to Dad, rough: "Your son's 'testing boundaries' again. He drew on the wall, the little sod." What happened? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t4/) — Kid: "omg i'm sooo hangry, gimme ur crisps" What is going on? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t5/) — Teacher in the staff room: "Oh, Mason's a live wire alright. Never sat still once." What is Mason like? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t6/) — Nursery worker: "She's just having a moment, give her a minute." What is the child doing? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t7/) — Report: "Ethan has a strong personality and likes to lead games his way." What may it really mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t8/) — Dad, sarcastic: "Oh, here comes the little darling," as his son slams the door. What does Dad mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t9/) — School psychologist: "Since his dad left, Toby has been acting out in class." What does it mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t10/) — Gran: "Full of beans this morning, aren't we? Up at five!" What is Gran saying? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t11/) — Uncle: "Boisterous? Mate, they wrecked the garden." What does it tell you? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t12/) — Teacher: "Report says 'working towards' in maths. Not a fail, but not there yet." What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t13/) — Mum at the school gate: "He's slow to warm up, he'll talk to you after a while." What is the boy like? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/e1/) — Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the remark in a school report that a pupil "has a lot of energy". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/e2/) — It is given that a pupil's attainment in reading is recorded as "working towards" the expected standard. Ascertain the attainment thereby indicated. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "clingy" in respect of a young child. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a parent's description of a child as "a free spirit"? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [14. Soft words for hard things: relations and family…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/) - next →: [16. Soft words for hard things: school reports and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/16-school-reports/) - ↑ back to [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/)