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title: When grown-ups are tired or worried — how Mova does on the tests · Adult life
description: Lesson 34 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 11 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# When grown-ups are tired or worried

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**Tests:** 2 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 5 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 34 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your brother says «Dad's grumpy 'cos he hates us.» Put him right.

- **1.** It's because we didn't tidy up last year — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, Dad has stopped loving us — no support
- **3.** Dad is grumpy because he is ill — no support
- **4.** He's tired from work and it'll pass — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Overheard: «Absolutely knackered, love, been on my feet since six.» What does she mean?

- **1.** She hurt her knee at work — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She has been asleep since six — no support
- **3.** She wants to go running now — no support
- **4.** She is extremely tired — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Dad, on the phone: «Yes... I understand... so when will the payment go through?» His voice is tight. Which is most likely?

- **1.** He's booking a holiday for fun — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He's sorting out a money problem — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He's ordering a pizza for tea — no support
- **4.** He's chatting to an old friend from school — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Sister to Mum: «Muuum, MUM, look, MUM!» Mum: «Give me five minutes or I'll lose it.» What's going on?

- **1.** Mum will be out for five minutes — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Mum is going to lose her phone — score 5
- **3.** Mum needs a short break to stay calm — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Mum wants exactly five more toys — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 19, line 3: «In Vancouver, Dad yawns over his cereal, the changing bag by the door is stuffed with nappies, and Mum calls from the sofa, "She's feeding, can you give us a m…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «mum» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Gran in Dublin texts Mum all day from hospital. Mum keeps checking her phone and doesn't hear your joke. Why?

- **1.** She's worried and waiting for news — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She's cross because you were loud — no support
- **3.** She's playing a game on her phone — no support
- **4.** She doesn't like your jokes any more — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Little brother: «If Mum says she's fine, she's fine, stop asking.» What's the better idea?

- **1.** Tell her she's lying to you — no support
- **2.** Keep asking until she tells you everything — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Ignore her completely all day — no support
- **4.** Don't push her, but stay close and kind — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 4: «Picture a cold January evening in Manchester: Mum bangs the boiler and says "It's packed in again", Dad sighs "the plumber can't come till Thursday, and it'll…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «mum» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What would happen if Dad rushed into a talk about your report card the second he got home from a horrible day?

- **1.** He'd be extra patient and cheerful all evening — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** He might snap, though he wouldn't mean it — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** He'd give you double pocket money — score 4
- **4.** He'd forget all about work at once — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 13: ««I'm fine» often means «I'm not fine, but I don't want to talk about it now».», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dad» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Mum's friend: «I'm running on fumes this week.» What does she mean?

- **1.** She's very tired and has little energy left — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She's been cooking a lot of smoky food — no support
- **3.** She has started running every single morning — no support
- **4.** Her car smells of petrol fumes — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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The night after the deadline, Mum is laughing and relaxed. Why?

- **1.** She lost her job and doesn't care about anything — no support
- **2.** The deadline was moved to tomorrow — no support
- **3.** She stayed up all night again — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** The work is handed in, so the stress has gone — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 4: «Example: in a café in Toronto, Mum taps her phone on the reader and the coffee is paid in a second. That night she opens her banking app and groans: "The app s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «mum» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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You hear scary news about prices on the radio and Grandad switches it off. What's a good thing to do?

- **1.** Keep worrying about it on your own — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Turn it back on as loud as you can — no support
- **3.** Ask him about it if it worries you — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Tell your friends that you're all poor now — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 4, line 4: «These things are worrying, but they are almost never anyone's fault at home, and most families get through them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «worry» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Big sister: «Mum's always knackered, she must be really ill.» Is she right?

- **1.** Yes, being tired always means a bad illness — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Not usually; a good night's sleep often fixes it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, grown-ups never get tired for no reason — no support
- **4.** No, Mum is just pretending to be tired — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression «I have had a long day»?

- **1.** The speaker intends to reprimand the listener — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The speaker wishes to commence further work — no support
- **3.** The speaker's energy and patience have been substantially depleted — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The speaker's working day has exceeded twenty-four hours in length — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal purpose of the request «I need five minutes».

- **1.** To measure the patience of the person waiting — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To defer the matter until the following day — no support
- **3.** To indicate that the request has been refused — no support
- **4.** To regain composure before attending to the matter — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning financial difficulty within a household.

- **1.** It is a rare occurrence affecting few families — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is invariably caused by the children's conduct — no support
- **3.** Its resolution is the duty of the eldest child — no support
- **4.** Its resolution is the responsibility of the adults — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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It is given that a relative with reddened eyes declares «I'm fine, honestly». Determine the most appropriate response.

- **1.** Insist upon an immediate and full explanation of the distress — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Inform the remainder of the household at once — no support
- **3.** Accept the statement and depart without a word — no support
- **4.** Offer quiet company without pressing for an explanation — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/e4/)

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- next →: [35. Closed doors, whispers and secrets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/)
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