--- title: Rumours and gossip — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 25 test and exam questions of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» 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/202-rumours-and-gossip/) [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/) / Rumours and gossip # Rumours and gossip The 25 questions of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 132 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/202-rumours-and-gossip/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t1/) — A boy in Edinburgh hears from a cousin's friend that a classmate was arrested. Why should he doubt it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t2/) — Why can repeating even a TRUE piece of gossip be wrong? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t3/) — A girl hears that a nasty video about a classmate is going round. What is the most helpful thing? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t4/) — A message says «Text this to ten friends or a monster will visit you tonight.» What is it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t5/) — Ella told three friends a rumour about Sam, then learned it was false. What should she do? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t6/) — Why do people trust someone who keeps secrets? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t7/) — Everyone says a new teacher in Vancouver is strict and unfair, but she is kind to you. What should you believe? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t8/) — A friend forwards you a private message another girl sent to her. What is the problem with passing it on? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t9/) — someone said school's shut tmrw, its true right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t10/) — heard Mia fancies Tom, gonna tell everyone — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t11/) — told ppl a rumour, now i know its not true — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t12/) — theres a scary character challenge goin round, kids r freaked — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t13/) — heard Sam nicked money from the bag, should i tell the others — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t14/) — A false rumour about Lily spread round the class. What is a likely result? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t15/) — there's a nasty story about me going round the group chat, what do i do — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t16/) — omg everyone's saying school's shut tomorrow cos of a burst pipe, my mate's brother's friend heard it. what do u do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t17/) — apparently that girl in 5B got expelled for stealing AND her family's moving to Spain, I swear. which bit is likely just rumour? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t18/) — did u hear about the scary doll thing on the internet that comes into ur room at night?? kids are freaking out. real lesson? — right ✓ · ★ - [t19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t19/) — apparently Miss Parker's seeing the PE teacher, someone saw them at the cinema!! what does "seeing" mean here and what's right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t20/) — "Jack fancies Emily, everyone knows, let's sing it at break" — what does fancies mean and should you join in? — right ✓ · ★ - [t21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t21/) — some kid said "her mum and dad are splitting up, my nan said, that's why she's weird lately" — what does it mean and what do you do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which second-hand stories are frequently inaccurate. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/e2/) — Which of the following constitutes the most prudent response upon hearing that the school is to be closed on the following day? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the private messages of another person. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/e4/) — Ascertain which question most effectively tests the veracity of a rumour. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [201. Honest work at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/) - next →: [203. Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/)