--- title: Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Politics description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 8 «Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools» 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/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/) [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/) / Taxes and local councils: bins, roads… # Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools The 15 questions of lesson 8 «Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools» of the politics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 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/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t1/) — Your American cousin says, "Bruh, the store's lowkey scamming me, the price went up at the register." What is really happening? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t2/) — A London kid says, "The council's bare useless, the bins ain't been done in time, foxes are havin' a rave." ("Bare" means very.) Who is meant to collect the bins? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t3/) — What would happen if nobody paid any taxes at all? — right ✓ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t4/) — Grandad in Yorkshire says, "That pothole's a reet bummer, council should've sorted it." ("Reet" means right, or very.) Why might it not be fixed yet? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t5/) — Your friend, being a bit dry, says, "VAT? It's not real, the price didn't change at the till." What's the truth? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t6/) — Mum says, rather formally, "His Worship the Mayor shall declare the playground open." What kind of mayor job is this? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t7/) — A Canadian friend says, "Our premier's fixin' to change the school rules, eh." ("Fixin' to" means about to.) Is that a normal thing for a premier? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t8/) — At Sunday lunch Uncle Rob goes, "Taxes are way too high, the government wastes it!" and Auntie Jen snaps, "Then who paid for your knee?" Which summary is fair to both? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t9/) — A video game shows the mayor fighting a war against another country. What should be put right? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t10/) — A boy shouts at the council meeting, "Skate park now or I'm wrecking the bins!" What's wrong with his way of speaking up? — right ✓ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/t11/) — A Scottish uncle says, "Wee library's shut on Saturdays, budget cuts, it's pure dreich." ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy.) What does "budget cuts" mean? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Value Added Tax in the United Kingdom? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/e2/) — Identify the principal source, other than grants from national government, from which local councils in England defray the cost of refuse collection, street lighting and libraries. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the leaders of subdivisions of federal states. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/8-taxes-and-local-councils-bins-roads-and-schools/e4/) — It is given that schools in many parts of the United States are funded in part from local property taxation. Determine the probable consequence. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [7. The King, the courts and the rules above the rules](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/7-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules/) - next →: [9. Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Austr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/9-around-the-english-speaking-world-canada-australia-ireland-new-zealand/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/)