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title: Money, work and the big choices — how Mova does on the tests · Adult life
description: Lesson 39 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Money, work and the big choices

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**Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 5 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 39 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/).

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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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Dad, on the phone to the bank: "So if I leave it in for a year, how much interest do I get?" What is he asking?

- **1.** How much tax he owes the government at the end of each year — no support
- **2.** How much the bank charges for a card — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** How much he must pay to close the account — no support
- **4.** How much extra the bank will pay him for saving — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 9: «An overdraft lets you spend below zero, which is borrowing, and banks charge high interest on it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «charge» (+5); the same doer «banks» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Mum, scrolling: "£4 coffee, £3 coffee, £5 sandwich... bloody hell, that's £60 this week!" What is she learning?

- **1.** Small spends add up fast — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Coffee prices went up by £60 — no support
- **3.** Sandwiches are free on Fridays — no support
- **4.** The bank made a mistake — 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Your little brother says, "Maya's job pays £10 an hour, so all the money goes straight in her pocket." Put him right.

- **1.** No, her boss keeps half for himself — no support
- **2.** Yes, but only after she turns twenty — no support
- **3.** No, tax and pension are taken off first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Yes, every penny goes straight to her — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 2: «None of them is made in one day; people save bit by bit, start with small jobs, revise for weeks and change their minds as they learn what they like.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «start» (+3); the same doer «people» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Overheard: "Boiler's packed in, thank God we had a bit put by." What saved them?

- **1.** A loan from the neighbours next door — no support
- **2.** Money they had saved for emergencies — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** The boiler company paying for it all as a favour — no support
- **4.** A lucky lottery ticket — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 38, line 5: «Knowing a few simple meals saves money and keeps you healthy; adults who cannot cook spend much more on takeaways and ready meals.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «save» (+5); the same thing acted on «money» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Cousin, sixteen: "Café job's dead boring but I got paid, and I'm never late now." What has the job taught her?

- **1.** How to cook the café's whole menu — no support
- **2.** Being on time and earning her own money — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** That all jobs are always boring — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **4.** That being late is fine at the café as long as you smile — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 2: «None of them is made in one day; people save bit by bit, start with small jobs, revise for weeks and change their minds as they learn what they like.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «people» (+4). The right option, 2, 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Big brother: "I'll just say I've got a degree on my CV, nobody checks, innit." What's wrong with that?

- **1.** Nothing, everyone does that — no support
- **2.** A CV must be handwritten — no support
- **3.** A CV must be in French — no support
- **4.** A CV must be honest — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 12: «A CV is a short, honest document about your skills, results and work, which employers read to decide whom to meet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cv» (+3); the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Mum, after a phone call: "Didn't get it. Ah well, onto the next one." What is true?

- **1.** She will never get a job now — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The employer made a terrible mistake and will ring her back to say sorry — no support
- **3.** Interviews are just for practice — no support
- **4.** Most people don't get every job they try for — **✓ 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Big sister, sobbing: "I failed maths, my life's over!" What would a good parent say?

- **1.** Yes, your life is over now — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** You should never study maths again — no support
- **3.** Exams don't matter at all, so just forget about it — no support
- **4.** You can retake it or find another route — **✓ 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Cousin: "Uni means a massive loan, but apprentices get paid from day one." Is that right?

- **1.** Yes, that's true — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No, university is always free — no support
- **3.** Yes, but apprentices never get jobs — no support
- **4.** No, apprentices pay to work — 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Grandad and Dad argue about whom to vote for at the election. What does this show?

- **1.** Voting is a family decision by law — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Grown-ups are allowed to disagree about voting — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** They will both be fined by the council for arguing — no support
- **4.** Only one of them is allowed to vote — 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Big sister, sixteen: "I'm getting driving lessons for my birthday next week!" In the UK, what's the problem?

- **1.** You can only start learning at seventeen — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** You need to be twenty-one to learn — no support
- **3.** Driving lessons are only for boys — no support
- **4.** There is no problem at all with that — 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t11/)

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

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the deductions itemised upon a payslip.

- **1.** Contributions to the employer's personal savings — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Sums such as tax and pension withheld prior to payment — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Penalties imposed for late arrival at work — no support
- **4.** Charges levied by the bank for holding the account — 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Identify the principal distinction between a university course and an apprenticeship as established in this lesson.

- **1.** An apprentice learns a trade at work while being paid — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** An apprenticeship confers no prospect of a career — no support
- **3.** A university student is paid a wage from the outset — no support
- **4.** A university course involves no financial cost — 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/e2/)

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

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It is given that an adult is unsuccessful in an application for employment. Determine the conclusion consistent with the established facts.

- **1.** The interviewer is obliged to reconsider the decision — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** This is commonplace, and further applications may succeed — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Interviews are of no consequence in obtaining work — no support
- **4.** The adult is thereby excluded from all future employment — 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Ascertain the purpose served by the taxation deducted from an employee's earnings.

- **1.** The funding of public services such as schools and hospitals — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The purchase of the employee's travel to work — no support
- **3.** The payment of the employee's own pension in full — no support
- **4.** The enlargement of the employer's personal income and of the company's profits — 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/e4/)

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- ← previous: [38. Looking after yourself and a home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/)
- next →: [40. Being a good grown-up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/40-being-a-good-grown-up/)
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