--- title: White lies and kind silence — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 25 test and exam questions of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/) [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/) / White lies and kind silence # White lies and kind silence The 25 questions of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 133 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/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t1/) — A boy in Dublin gets socks he finds boring from his uncle. Which reply is both honest and kind? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t2/) — Which of these is kind silence and not a lie? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t3/) — Why is a surprise party secret okay but a secret an adult says to keep forever is not? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t4/) — A girl in Perth is about to read her poem at assembly and asks your opinion. One line is hard to hear. What is best? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t5/) — Your friend's dog ran away while you were walking it together, and she asks if it was her fault. It was not. Why should you say so? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t6/) — A classmate keeps asking why your parents live apart. What can you honestly do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t7/) — Why can a false «it's perfect» be unkind? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t8/) — A new boy brings rice and fish for lunch that smells strong to you. What is the kind choice? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t9/) — nan knitted me an ugly jumper, what do i even say — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t10/) — my bro says santa isnt real, tell my lil sis? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t11/) — mate's drawing is meh and she's gonna enter it in the contest — right ✓ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t12/) — my mates crying, says the team lost cos of her, it wasnt tho — right ✓ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t13/) — gran's jumper is a bit itchy, tell her i hate it? — right ✓ · ★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t14/) — friend says don't tell, she's hurting herself — right ✓ · ★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t15/) — mate asks if his drawing's good, it's kinda meh — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t16/) — did u hear Kate's haircut, apparently her mum did it with garden shears lol, everyone's saying she looks awful — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t17/) — my mate says Ava's got cuts on her arm but made him swear not to tell, people say she's just attention seeking — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t18/) — apparently Leo told his nan he loved her knitted jumper but he HATES it, he's such a liar right — right ✓ · ★ - [t19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t19/) — auntie asked if mum's new "friend" is coming to xmas and mum went red and said "don't" — what's going on and what do i say? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t20/) — my mate asked "is it true ur big sister's got a boyfriend??" and she made me promise not to tell. what's kind and honest? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t21/) — gran whispered "those two are a bit more than friends, if you know what I mean" about the neighbours. what does she mean and what do you do? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/e1/) — Which of the following constitutes the recommended response upon receiving a gift one does not like? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/e2/) — Identify the circumstance in which kind silence is NOT appropriate. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/e3/) — It is given that a friend will sing at a talent show and asks for an opinion. Determine the most suitable answer. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/e4/) — Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning a surprise party. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [195. Why people lie, and what is not a lie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/195-why-people-lie/) - next →: [197. Lies that do real harm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/197-harmful-lies/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/)