--- title: Taking care of your things and money — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 37 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 19 tests right, exam 2 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/37-things-and-money/) [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/) / 37 # Taking care of your things and money **Tests:** 8 of 19 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 8 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 37 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/37-things-and-money/). 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/37-things-and-money/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} A boy in Sydney gets $6 a week. He spends $2 and saves the rest for a $28 game. How long will he need? - **1.** 6 weeks — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** 4 weeks — score 7 - **3.** 7 weeks — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** 14 weeks — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 29, line 8: «A boy in California picked up a bat lying on the ground; it bit him, and he needed a series of injections to protect him from rabies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/37-things-and-money/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} Which statement is true? - **1.** A bigger pack is not always cheaper per item — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A bigger pack is always the better deal — no support - **3.** Price stickers are always the lowest price anywhere — no support - **4.** Things that cost more always last longer — 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/37-things-and-money/t2/) ### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3} Mia's family has money for either new school shoes or a big chocolate egg. What should come first? - **1.** The chocolate egg, because it is a treat for everyone — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Neither, money should never be spent — no support - **3.** Whichever one is on the advert — no support - **4.** The school shoes, because they are a need — **✓ 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/37-things-and-money/t3/) ### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4} A girl buys a $3 snack with a $5 note, and the shop gives her $1. What happened? - **1.** She was given $1 too much in change — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** She was given $1 too little change — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** She did not need to get any change at all — no support - **4.** She was given exactly the right change — 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/37-things-and-money/t4/) ### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5} What would most likely happen if someone spent all their pocket money the day they got it every week? - **1.** The bank would give them extra interest — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Their pocket money would grow by itself — no support - **3.** They would end up with more money at the end of it — no support - **4.** They would never be able to buy anything bigger — **✓ 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/37-things-and-money/t5/) ### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6} An advert says a toy is "the best toy in the world". What is the wisest way to think about this? - **1.** Every child already owns this toy — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It means the toy is free — no support - **3.** Adverts are trying to sell, so think before wanting it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It must be true or they could not say it — 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/37-things-and-money/t6/) ### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7} A boy leaves his scooter outside in the rain all winter. What is likely to happen? - **1.** It will stay exactly like new for years — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It will get stronger from the water — no support - **3.** It will rust and wear out sooner — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It will become lighter and faster — 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/37-things-and-money/t7/) ### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8} Ben keeps $50 in a savings account that pays interest. After a year, what will he have? - **1.** A little more than $50 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Twice as much, $100, after one year — no support - **3.** Exactly $50 — no support - **4.** Less than $50 — 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/37-things-and-money/t8/) ### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9} Why is a budget useful for a family? - **1.** It means they never have to buy food again — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It is a way of borrowing money from friends — no support - **3.** It helps them pay for needs and save before spending on wants — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It makes prices in the shops go down — 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/37-things-and-money/t9/) ### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10} i NEED that new game - **1.** Games are always real needs — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It's a want, not a need — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It's a need, like a home — no support - **4.** It's a need, just like food — 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/37-things-and-money/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} big pack or small pack, which is cheaper - **1.** Big packs are always cheaper — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Pick the brightest one — no support - **3.** Compare the price of one item — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Small packs are always cheaper — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 37, line 15: «A bigger pack is not always cheaper per item, so you compare the price of one item.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bigger pack» (+3); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). 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/everyday/37-things-and-money/t11/) ### Test 12 · right ✓ {#t12} paid with a 5, it was 3.50, how much back - **1.** 1.50 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** 50p — no support - **3.** 3.50 — no support - **4.** 2.50 — 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/37-things-and-money/t12/) ### Test 13 · right ✓ {#t13} why'd you write my name in my coat - **1.** So it can come back if it's lost — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It's a school rule, that's the only reason — no support - **3.** To make it look nice — no support - **4.** So you don't forget your own name — 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/37-things-and-money/t13/) ### Test 14 · right ✓ {#t14} popping in the shop for 1 sec, no need to lock my bike right - **1.** Lock it only at night — no support - **2.** Just hide it behind a bin by the shop, nobody looks there — no support - **3.** Lock it, a bike can be stolen in seconds — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** No need, it is only a second — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 19: «Unlocked bikes and phones left on show are stolen every day, often in seconds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+4); the same thing acted on «unlocked bikes» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/37-things-and-money/t14/) ### Test 15 · wrong ✗ {#t15} got a msg saying i won a free iphone, just need mum's card no. - **1.** Send only half the number — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Ask them nicely to prove it — no support - **3.** Send it quickly before it runs out — no support - **4.** It is a scam, do not reply and show an 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/37-things-and-money/t15/) ### Test 16 · right ✓ {#t16} Lucas reckons u can always get money back if u get scammed. right? - **1.** Yes, banks always pay it back — score 4 - **2.** No, stolen money is often gone for good — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Yes, the police find it and give it back every time — score 6 - **4.** Yes, unless it was a lot — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 37, line 21: «Money stolen by a scam is often gone for good and cannot be got back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «money» (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1); 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/everyday/37-things-and-money/t16/) ### Test 17 · right ✓ {#t17} heard a kid in our year spent £200 of his mum's money on a game without asking and she cried - **1.** Real lesson: money is for needs first, and spending must be planned and allowed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Real lesson: games always cost two hundred pounds — no support - **3.** It is gossip, so spending without asking is fine — no support - **4.** It proves mums should never have bank cards — 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/37-things-and-money/t17/) ### Test 18 · right ✓ {#t18} my mate says the big family pack is always cheaper, that's why it's big - **1.** Not always; compare the price of one item, because a bigger pack is not always cheaper — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** He is right, bigger always costs less per item — no support - **3.** He is right, if the packet is shiny — no support - **4.** He is right, shops never charge more for big packs — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 15: «A bigger pack is not always cheaper per item, so you compare the price of one item.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bigger pack» (+3); the same property (+1); 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/everyday/37-things-and-money/t18/) ### Test 19 · wrong ✗ {#t19} everyone's saying Tyler's family is poor cos his shoes are old, pass it on - **1.** Pass it on, because shoes prove it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Pass it on, so people give him money — no support - **3.** Pass it on, and make fun of his bag too — no support - **4.** Do not pass it on; it is unkind, and old shoes cared for can last a long time — **✓ 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/37-things-and-money/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between a need and a want? - **1.** A need is necessary, such as food or shelter, whereas a want is pleasant but unnecessary — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** A want is necessary, whereas a need is a luxury — score 6 - **3.** Needs and wants are identical in every respect — score 6 - **4.** A need is anything advertised on television — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 37, line 2: «A need is something you must have to live and be well, like food, clothes and a home. A want is something nice to have, like a new game or sweets. Sensible peo…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «need» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/37-things-and-money/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the definition of a budget. - **1.** A record of money already lost — no support - **2.** A list of things one wishes to buy at once — no support - **3.** A sum of money lent by a bank without charge — no support - **4.** A plan for the manner in which money is to be spent and saved — **← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 12: «A budget is a plan for how you will spend and save your money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spend» (+4); the same thing acted on «plan» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/37-things-and-money/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning advertisements. - **1.** They provide neutral information without persuasion — no support - **2.** They are made only for things that people need — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** They are designed to cause persons to desire things, even those not needed — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** They always state the cheapest price available — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 18: «Lakes, rivers and the sea can be very cold even on a hot day, and sudden cold water makes you gasp; a gasp with your face under water can make you breathe in w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/37-things-and-money/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} It being given that money is deposited in a bank as savings, determine what the bank ordinarily pays. - **1.** A prize, awarded only at the end of each year — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Interest, being a small additional sum of money — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A fee, being a sum taken from the savings — no support - **4.** Nothing, the money being merely stored — 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/37-things-and-money/e4/) - ← previous: [36. 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