--- title: Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» of the language 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/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Formal and informal: a mate versus the… # Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher The 15 questions of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 90 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/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t1/) — Your mate goes "talking posh to teachers is well fake, bruv." What's the best reply? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t2/) — Your Gen Z cousin texts "that test was mid 💀". How is she feeling about the test? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t3/) — What would happen if you wrote a job letter full of text speak like "u" and "thx"? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t4/) — A boomer neighbour says "kids today can't write a proper letter." Your sister writes to the council about the swings. Which opening is best? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t5/) — A Welsh lad says "Mam's tamping, I'm off home now in a minute." ("Mam" is mum.) How does his mum feel? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t6/) — Your American friend's teacher writes "Sloane is a conscientious student." Her friend says it sounds like an insult. Is it? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t7/) — A Liverpool kid answers his mum's phone "Wha'?" ("Wha'" is a quick "what?") and it's the head teacher. What should he have said? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t8/) — In a cartoon, a knight speaks to his best mate like a king's speech: "Prithee, good sir, pass the crisps." What's funny about it? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t9/) — Gran from Bristol says "Cheers, my lover" to the postman. Your friend from London is shocked. What's the truth? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t10/) — An interviewer asks "What are you good at?" Which answer sounds most confident? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/t11/) — Your little brother says "Alexa, weather, now!" and your mum says "Manners!" What is true? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises formal language? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/e2/) — Identify the course of action most likely to secure the repair of defective equipment in a public park. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the alteration of style between conversation with friends and correspondence with a head teacher. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/e4/) — Ascertain the meaning of the word "conscientious" as employed in a school report. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [15. The apostrophe war](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/15-the-apostrophe-war/) - next →: [17. Slang and how it changes with every generation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)