--- title: Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Politics description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics 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/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/) [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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / Prices, money and jobs: why everything… # Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more The 16 questions of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 95 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/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t1/) — Aisha: "Who stole my 15p? Sweets were 50p, now 65p!" What is the best answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t2/) — «gas bill's mental, we're all in jumpers now, heating on at 8» What is the link to the news, as reported? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t3/) — "The bank put rates up again, mortgage is gonna kill us" groans Noah's dad. Why would a bank do that? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t4/) — A dad who works at a car parts factory says tariffs will bring jobs back; the neighbour says they will make everything cost more. Which is best? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t5/) — "Minimum wage up in April, chur!" says Mia's sister in Auckland (chur = thanks, great). What might the café owner do? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t6/) — Teachers strike on Tuesday, trains the next week, and Gran can't visit. "Heaps annoying" says Jake. What is the point being argued? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t7/) — «they SHRANK it, same price, that's not bostin'» (bostin' = brilliant). What can Chloe check? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t8/) — A boy says the girl's family can't use the food bank because "her dad has a job". What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t9/) — Grace's cousin, 25, can't afford to move out. His mum says, "In my day we bought a house at 25!" What was reported? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t10/) — Two politicians say "cut taxes" and "spend more". Aroha's mum says they want the same thing. What does she mean? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t11/) — What would happen to a family with a big mortgage if interest rates fell? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t12/) — «a coffee's a loonie more than last year, eh» says a Toronto dad (loonie = one-dollar coin). What is this an example of? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/e1/) — Identify the term which denotes a sustained rise in the general level of prices over time. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of an increase in interest rates by a central bank? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "tariff". — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/e4/) — It is given that a product is reduced in weight whereas its price remains unchanged. Determine the measure which permits a shopper to compare its value accurately. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [17. UK elections and the prime minister, as reported](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported/) - next →: [19. Immigration and borders](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/19-immigration-and-borders/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/)