--- title: Home alone, the door and the phone — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 35 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 19 tests right, exam 4 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/35-home-alone/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 35 # Home alone, the door and the phone **Tests:** 9 of 19 right · **Exam:** 4 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 15 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 35 of the everyday 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/everyday/35-home-alone/). 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/everyday/35-home-alone/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1} A girl in Glasgow is home alone when the doorbell rings. A smiling woman says she is collecting money for charity. What should the girl do? - **1.** Invite her in while she looks for money — score 4 - **2.** Tell her she is alone, so the woman will understand and leave — score 9 - **3.** Not open the door and tell her parents later — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **4.** Open the door and give her some coins — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 2: «The front door stays locked. You do not open it to anyone you were not told to expect, even if they seem friendly, say they are delivering something or say the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «open» (+4); the same thing acted on «door» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} What would most likely happen if a child told a phone caller that they were home alone? - **1.** The parents would come home sooner — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The caller would hang up and forget — no support - **3.** Nothing, because callers cannot see the house — no support - **4.** A person with bad plans would know the house has no adult — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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/everyday/35-home-alone/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Which statement is true? - **1.** Anyone in a uniform must be let in — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A real worker will come back later if no adult is home — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It is rude to keep a door locked when people knock — no support - **4.** Delivery drivers can come in to leave parcels in the hall — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/everyday/35-home-alone/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Jack is home alone and smells something like rotten eggs near the stove. What should he do? - **1.** Call his friend from inside to ask what it is — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Go outside and phone for help from there — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Turn on the kitchen fan to blow it away — no support - **4.** Turn the stove knobs on and off to test them — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/everyday/35-home-alone/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} A boy in Cork loses his house key on the way home. Why is it good that the key had no label? - **1.** The key will work in any house now, so it doesn't matter — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A finder could not tell which home it opens — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A lost key with no label turns up sooner — no support - **4.** Labels make keys rust and break — no support **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/everyday/35-home-alone/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6} Someone knocks again and again and tries the door handle while Ella is home alone. What should Ella do? - **1.** Phone 999 or the local emergency number at once — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Unlock the back door and wait outside — score 5 - **3.** Hide and hope they go away, calling nobody — score 5 - **4.** Open the door and ask them to leave — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 35, line 5: «If someone tries to get in, or you smell gas or see smoke, you do not wait: you call the emergency number, and for gas or smoke you leave the house first.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «call» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Your parent texts that a neighbour, Mrs Lee, will drop off dinner. Mrs Lee knocks. What can you do? - **1.** Refuse to answer anyone at all, even Mrs Lee — no support - **2.** Tell Mrs Lee to leave it at the shop — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **3.** Check it is Mrs Lee and then take the dinner — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Ask Mrs Lee to stay the whole evening — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 4: «For example, a man knocks and says he has come to read the gas meter. You do not open the door; you can say through the closed door that he must come back late…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+4). The right option, 3, 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/everyday/35-home-alone/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Which is the safest thing to say to a stranger asking for your dad on the phone? - **1.** "He went away, I'm on my own." — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** "He's at work until late tonight." — no support - **3.** "He's busy right now. Can I take a message?" — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** "He's out; come round to the house and wait for him." — no support **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/everyday/35-home-alone/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9} Why do families agree on rules before a child stays home alone? - **1.** So the neighbours know the house is empty and keep an eye on it — no support - **2.** So the child knows what to do before anything happens — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** So the child can do anything they like — no support - **4.** So the parents can stay out longer — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 19: «Most dog bites happen with dogs the child already knows, often their own family dog; even a friendly dog may bite when it is scared, hurt or annoyed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+1); the same doer «child» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10} home alone, doorbell, don't know them - **1.** Don't open the door — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** Let them in to wait — no support - **3.** Open it if they smile — no support - **4.** Open it and ask who it is — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 2: «The front door stays locked. You do not open it to anyone you were not told to expect, even if they seem friendly, say they are delivering something or say the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «open» (+3); the same thing acted on «door» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} someone rang, asked is ur mum home, she's not - **1.** Don't say you're alone, say she can't come to the phone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **2.** Give them your address — no support - **3.** Say yes, she's out — no support - **4.** Tell them when she's back — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 3: «You never tell a caller or a stranger at the door that you are alone. A safe answer is "My mum can't come to the phone right now. Can I take a message?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «mum» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} post on insta that i'm home alone, bored - **1.** Yes, with a photo — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** No, never say online you're home alone — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yes, if it's just friends — no support - **4.** Yes, if you add your street so friends can visit — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/everyday/35-home-alone/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} someone trying to get in the back door!! - **1.** Hide and wait — no support - **2.** Go and open it — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Shout through the door that you're on your own — no support - **4.** Call the emergency number at once — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 35, line 6: «A boy home alone in Ohio opened the door to a man who said he was from the gas company; it was a thief who walked in and took things while the boy was frighten…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «open» (+4); the same thing acted on «door» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t14} someone at the door says he's from the water company, im home alone - **1.** Do not open it, tell him to come back later — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **2.** Open it, he has a uniform — no support - **3.** Let him in if he is polite — no support - **4.** Open it a little on the chain to see his badge — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 4: «For example, a man knocks and says he has come to read the gas meter. You do not open the door; you can say through the closed door that he must come back late…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come back» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t15} phone rings, guy asks if mum's home (she's not) - **1.** Say she is out until late — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Say she cannot come to the phone and take a message — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Give him her work address so he can go and find her there — no support - **4.** Tell him you are alone — no support **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/everyday/35-home-alone/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t16} gonna post a pic, home alone all weekend!! - **1.** Post it, only friends see it anyway, so it's safe — no support - **2.** Post it with no location — no support - **3.** Post it but use a filter — no support - **4.** Do not post it, strangers could see you are alone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 7: «A girl in Sydney posted online that her parents were out all evening; strangers saw it, and her family had to change the locks after someone tried their door.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same doer «strangers» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t17} heard a kid answered the door home alone and the guy said he was from the gas company but he was a robber - **1.** Real lesson: gas workers are always robbers — no support - **2.** It proves children can never be home alone — no support - **3.** Real lesson: do not open the door to anyone you were not told to expect — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** It is gossip, so opening the door is fine — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 10: «You should not open the door to anyone you were not told to expect.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «open» (+4); the same thing acted on «door» (+2); the same receiver «anyone» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t18} my mate says when someone rings and asks for ur mum, just say she's out and ur alone, it's polite - **1.** He is right, if the caller sounds nice — no support - **2.** Not safe; never tell a caller you are home alone, say she cannot come to the phone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** He is right, honesty means saying you are alone — no support - **4.** He is right, but give your address too — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 3: «You never tell a caller or a stranger at the door that you are alone. A safe answer is "My mum can't come to the phone right now. Can I take a message?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} they're saying Jack's left home alone every night cos his mum doesn't care, pass it on - **1.** Pass it on, since everyone already knows — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Pass it on, and add that he has no food — no support - **3.** Do not pass it on; it is unkind and you do not know their story — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Pass it on, so a teacher hears — no support **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/everyday/35-home-alone/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the proper treatment of the front door whilst a child is home alone? - **1.** The door should be opened to anyone in uniform — score 5 - **2.** The door should be left open for fresh air — no support - **3.** The door should be opened to anyone who knocks twice — score 5 - **4.** The door should remain locked and not be opened to unexpected callers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 9: «The door should stay locked while you are home alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «door» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the information which a child must never disclose to a stranger, by telephone, at the door or online. - **1.** The child's favourite colour — no support - **2.** The weather in the child's town — no support - **3.** That the child is home alone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** The name of the child's school sports team — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 8: «Before staying home alone, a child should agree on rules with their parents.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «child» (+3); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} It being given that a person attempts to break into the dwelling, select the course of action consistent with established guidance. - **1.** To open the door and demand that the person leave — score 2 - **2.** To post a message online about the matter — no support - **3.** To hide and remain silent without telling anyone — no support - **4.** To call the emergency number at once — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 33, line 5: «If someone may have swallowed something harmful, an adult calls a poison help line at once, such as 1-800-222-1222 in the USA or 13 11 26 in Australia. If the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same thing acted on «emergency number» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a house key. - **1.** It should be kept out of sight and bear neither the child's name nor address — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** It should be worn visibly around the neck — no support - **3.** It should be left beneath the mat for convenience — no support - **4.** It should be labelled with the child's full address — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 17: «Your house key should be kept out of sight and should not have your name or address on it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep out» (+4); the same place «sight» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/35-home-alone/e4/) - ← previous: [34. Fire at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/34-fire-at-home/) - next →: [36. Calling emergency services well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)