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title: Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Money
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» of the money 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.
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# Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

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The 16 questions of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» of the money course of Mova's primary school with their options, 98 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/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t1/) — Your mate goes, "Rent's a scam, if you live in a house it's yours, innit." What's true? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t2/) — Gran from Birmingham says, "Heating's on for an hour, that's it, bab." ("Bab" means "dear".) What if she had it on 5 hours a day for 30 days, at 50p an hour? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t3/) — Your cousin says, "£25 a month for a phone is lowkey nothing, basically free." ("Lowkey" means "kind of".) On a 24-month contract, what does it really cost? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t4/) — A dad from Glasgow says, "The leccy's gone up again, it's pure dreich oot, and we cannae have the heating on aw day." ("Leccy" is electricity; "dreich" means grey and wet.) What is he worried about? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t5/) — What would happen if a family just stopped paying council tax? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t6/) — In a cartoon, a family burns banknotes in the fire and says, "Heating's free anyway!" What is wrong? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t7/) — Dad, sarcastic: "Late fee, £15. Brilliant." Is he pleased, and what does his £60 bill become? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t8/) — Your big sister says, "A mortgage is just posh rent, same thing." What is the best answer? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t9/) — A Liverpool lad says, "Me ma says turn the tap off, la, it's like flushing quids away." ("La" means "mate"; "quids" are pounds.) Is his mum right? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t10/) — A girl from Dublin says, "We never get bills, me da just pays them, so they're grand." ("Grand" means fine; "da" is dad.) What's really true? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t11/) — Sophie's mum says the £950 of bills come before the cinema. Why? — wrong ✗
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/t12/) — Mum says, "Rent's £700 a month — no wait, it went up, it's £750." How much is that a year? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/e1/) — Ascertain the aggregate monthly expenditure of a household whose obligations are as follows: rent £650, energy £120, water £40, telephone £30 and council tax £110. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a mortgage? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/e3/) — It is given that a telephone contract obliges the subscriber to remit twenty-five pounds per month for a period of twenty-four months. Determine the total sum payable. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/e4/) — Identify the principal purpose for which council tax is levied. — wrong ✗ · exam

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