--- title: Why people lie, and what is not a lie — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 23 test and exam questions of lesson 195 «Why people lie, and what is not a lie» of the everyday 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/everyday/195-why-people-lie/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / Why people lie, and what is not a lie # Why people lie, and what is not a lie The 23 questions of lesson 195 «Why people lie, and what is not a lie» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 123 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/everyday/195-why-people-lie/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t1/) — A girl in Texas tells her class her uncle is a famous astronaut, which is not true, because she wants friends. What would help her most? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t2/) — Tom hid a broken vase and now has to invent a cat, a storm and an open window to explain it. What does this show? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t3/) — Which of these is NOT a lie? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t4/) — A boy in Leeds keeps a secret for a friend who has been taking other children's snacks. Why is lying for him a problem? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t5/) — Your little cousin, aged three, says she flew to the Moon last night. How should you take it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t6/) — A girl says she understood the fractions lesson because she felt embarrassed. What will most likely happen? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t7/) — A boy has told small lies for weeks and now lies without thinking. What can he do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t8/) — Which reason makes something a lie? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t9/) — A boy is invited to a party he does not want to go to. Why does he not need to invent an illness? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t10/) — broke the lamp, mums gonna kill me lol, should i just hide it — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t11/) — my 3 yr old bro says a dragon ate his sock, is he lying? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t12/) — told u a million times!! is that a lie — right ✓ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t13/) — dont wanna go to his party, gotta make up an excuse right — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t14/) — gonna say i'm at jack's but really going to the lake — right ✓ · ★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t15/) — why do ppl even lie — right ✓ · ★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t16/) — lied to avoid trouble, now it's worse — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t17/) — did u hear Ryan told his mum he was at Ben's but went to the lake, fell in, n they had helicopters out all night!! — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t18/) — apparently Mia says she's met a famous footballer like 5 times, she's such a liar, tell everyone — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/t19/) — my brother's mate says his little sister told everyone a dragon lives in their shed lol, she's a liar right — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a lie? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/e2/) — Identify the most common reason for which people tell lies. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/e3/) — It is given that a person has told a lie to escape trouble. Determine the course of action that usually keeps the trouble smallest. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning loyalty to a friend. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [130. Birthday parties](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/130-birthday-parties/) - next →: [196. White lies and kind silence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/)