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title: Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Religion ethics
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» of the religion ethics 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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# Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

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The 15 questions of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 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/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t1/) — Your mate says, "One fib about Disneyland can't grow, it's tiny." What would most likely happen? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t2/) — "Ma, I'm fixin' to do it!" An hour later Bubba's still on his tablet. What is the honest version? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t3/) — "Oi, just tell her I'm out," Mum hisses, waving the potato peeler. What is the gentle, honest move? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t4/) — Theo says, "Little lies are nothing, they don't train you for anything." What did scientists find? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t5/) — A podcast says, "Everyone lies loads, so it's fine." What two mistakes are in that? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t6/) — Lena's mum asks, "You alright, love?" Lena's had a rotten week. What would happen if she always says "fine"? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t7/) — Kai's brother: "If you don't say my song slaps, you're dead to me, bro." What's the honest, kind reply? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t8/) — A cartoon shows a kid who blames the pasty-eating dog on the postman. What is the honest fix? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t9/) — Hamza says, "My imam said you can soften the truth to make peace." Your mate says, "So lying's fine for anything." What's wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t10/) — Noah, 4, keeps asking, "Is the tooth fairy REAL real?" and looks worried. What should Amira do? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/t11/) — Why do cover stories for harmless things make no sense? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/e1/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises the findings of the 2016 University College London study concerning repeated self-serving falsehoods? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/e2/) — Given that a parent instructs a child to state falsely that the parent is absent, identify the response most consistent with this lesson. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/e3/) — Select the statement consistent with the teaching recorded in Luke 16:10. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/e4/) — Ascertain which statement concerning the frequency of lying is consistent with the 2010 study cited. — right ✓ · exam

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