--- title: «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» 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/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/) [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/) / «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework # «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework The 15 questions of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 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/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t1/) — Mate: «just say ur printer broke, works every time». Why might it NOT work? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t2/) — «miss the wifi was down» — but the quiz site says you logged in at 8. What does the teacher know? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t3/) — Lad in Leeds: «was proper poorly, miss» — but his mate says «you were bossing it in the ginnel last night». What's a ginnel? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t4/) — Ella's teacher to Mum: «Hope the family thing went well!» Why is this the end of Ella's story? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t5/) — Ruby binned her homework and nobody asked. Which is TRUE? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t6/) — Zara: «but sir there really ARE power cuts here». What's the point the teacher is making? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t7/) — Jayden: «Look, my brother spilled juice, I've got the proof!» Why is fake proof worse than a fib? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t8/) — «left it at home, sir» on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... What would happen if Kai said it on Thursday too? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t9/) — Noah: «someone nicked it outta my bag». What is the real harm of this lie? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t10/) — Leo's grandad, seeing the email home: «Bummer.» What does he mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t11/) — In a cartoon a boy says the dog ate it, and the teacher believes him. What is closer to real life? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which an excuse capable of immediate verification is commonly unsuccessful. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the attribution of missing homework to an unidentified thief. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an excuse that remains undiscovered but conceals that the pupil did not understand the work? — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/e4/) — Determine the most appropriate statement by a pupil who has failed to complete homework. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [425. 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