--- title: How pets feel and saying goodbye — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 66 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 21 tests right, exam 3 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/) [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/) / 66 # How pets feel and saying goodbye **Tests:** 9 of 21 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 18 of 25 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 66 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/). 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} A girl in Cork notices her usually cuddly cat hisses when picked up and hides all day. What is the most likely reason? - **1.** It may be ill or in pain and needs a vet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** It is just in a bad mood for fun today — no support - **3.** It has suddenly decided that it does not like her — no support - **4.** It is training to be a guard cat — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 61, line 14: «A cat that stops eating, or keeps going to the litter box without passing anything, may be seriously ill and needs a vet quickly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} A boy in Atlanta says that dogs do not have feelings, so it does not matter if his dog is alone all day. What is wrong with this? - **1.** Dogs prefer being alone — no support - **2.** Dogs only care about food, so they never miss anybody — score -1 - **3.** Dogs bond with their families, miss them and get bored — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** Nothing, he is right — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 5: «A boy from Ohio visiting London who looks left first, as he does at home, may step out right in front of a bus coming from his right; that is why London paints…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Which of these pets most likely needs a vet? - **1.** A rabbit doing a happy binky — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A cat stretching after a nap — no support - **3.** A parrot sitting fluffed up and sleepy at noon — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A dog wagging its tail at the door when you come in — 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} A girl in Leeds feels terrible because her pet guinea pig died of old age. Which thought is true? - **1.** She should never feel sad about pets — score 2 - **2.** Guinea pigs never die of old age — score 5 - **3.** Most pets die of old age or illness, not because of a child — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 13 - **4.** It must have been her fault for not looking after it well enough — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 13, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 4: «All pets die one day, usually of old age or illness. Feeling sad, crying and talking about it are natural, because grief is how we feel when we lose someone we…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «die» (+3); the same doer «pets» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} A family's dog has a painful illness that cannot be cured. Why might the vet suggest putting it to sleep? - **1.** Because old dogs must always be put to sleep — score 5 - **2.** Because the vet is too busy — no support - **3.** To give it a rest before it gets better — score 5 - **4.** To end its suffering painlessly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 15: «When an animal is very ill and cannot get better, a vet can end its suffering painlessly; this is called putting it to sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «suffering» (+4); the same action «end» (+3); the same property (+2); the same doer «vet» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} A week after their cat died, a family in Wellington makes a little garden with its name on a stone. How does this help? - **1.** It brings the cat back — no support - **2.** It makes them forget about the cat much faster than doing nothing — no support - **3.** It stops anyone from feeling sad again — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **4.** Remembering a pet helps the sadness slowly get smaller — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 13: «Crying and feeling sad when a pet dies is natural, and talking with your family helps.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} A child says a new kitten will be exactly the same as the cat that died. Which is true? - **1.** New pets always behave exactly like the old ones they come after — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A new kitten will remember the old cat's life — no support - **3.** A new pet does not replace the old one; each is its own animal — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The old cat's name will change the kitten — 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} A dog left alone with no toys has dug holes and torn up a cushion. What is it most likely feeling? - **1.** Hungry for cushions — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Proud and happy — no support - **3.** Bored and unhappy — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Sleepy and calm — 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} our cat keeps hiding under the bed all day, she never does that - **1.** She wants you to pull her out and cuddle her — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** She is just playing hide and seek with you — score -1 - **3.** She may be ill or in pain, tell an adult — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** Cats always hide when they are happy — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 61, line 14: «A cat that stops eating, or keeps going to the litter box without passing anything, may be seriously ill and needs a vet quickly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} rex always so friendly but he snapped when i touched his leg - **1.** Touch it again so he gets used to it — no support - **2.** He does not like you any more — no support - **3.** He is just being naughty, tell him off loudly — no support - **4.** He may be in pain, stop and tell an adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 9: «A pet that suddenly snaps when it used to be friendly is often in pain, so you stop touching it and tell an adult.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} hammy died n i think its my fault cos i forgot to say night 😭 - **1.** It is your fault, so do not cry — score 5 - **2.** Yes, pets die if you forget them — score 3 - **3.** Not your fault, most pets die of old age or illness — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** Yes, hamsters need a goodnight every single day or they get ill — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 16: «Children often wrongly blame themselves when a pet dies; most pets die of old age or illness.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «die» (+2); the same doer «most pets» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} can we just get a new dog tmrw, same kind, then i wont be sad - **1.** Yes, the same kind is the same dog — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, get one before you forget him — no support - **3.** A new pet does not replace him, wait till you are ready — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yes, a new dog makes the sadness go away straight away — 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} our cat's been hiding and won't eat for 2 days - **1.** Give her loads more treats to tempt her out — no support - **2.** Leave her, cats just do that — no support - **3.** Tell an adult, the cat may need a vet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 - **4.** Wait a week to see — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 61, line 14: «A cat that stops eating, or keeps going to the litter box without passing anything, may be seriously ill and needs a vet quickly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+4); the same thing acted on «vet» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} my dog died yesterday and i keep crying - **1.** You should be over it by now, it was only a dog — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **2.** Get a new dog today so you forget about him quick — no support - **3.** It is normal to be sad, talk about him with your family — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Crying means you are weak — 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 66, line 5: «When her old dog died, a girl in Texas thought it was her fault for not noticing sooner. She told her mum, who explained the dog had simply grown old, and toge…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+4); the same thing acted on «fault» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15} Jake says animals always show when they hurt. right? - **1.** Yes, unless they are cats — no support - **2.** Yes, they limp every single time — no support - **3.** Yes, they always cry out — no support - **4.** No, many animals hide pain — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 19: «Animals often hide pain and illness, so changes in eating, sleeping or hiding can be warning signs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+1); the same thing acted on «pain» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t16} heard a dog snapped at a kid out of nowhere, it was always friendly, they're saying it's gone bad - **1.** Real lesson: a pet that suddenly snaps is often in pain, so stop touching it and tell an adult — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Real lesson: friendly dogs can just turn bad for no reason at all, so they should all be kept away — no support - **3.** It proves old dogs are dangerous — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** It is gossip, so nothing needs doing — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 9: «Dogs show their feelings with their whole body, not only with their tail.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+1). The right option, 1, 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · right ✓ {#t17} my mate says when a vet puts a pet to sleep it's like a long nap and it wakes up later - **1.** Not true; putting to sleep means the vet ends its suffering painlessly, and it does not wake up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** He is right, it is just a really deep nap and the pet comes home feeling better in a day or so — score 5 - **3.** He is right, it wakes up next week — no support - **4.** He is right, if it was young — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 15: «When an animal is very ill and cannot get better, a vet can end its suffering painlessly; this is called putting it to sleep.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «suffering» (+4); the same action «end» (+2); the same doer «vet» (+1); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t18} Sophie cried all day cos her rabbit died and people are calling her a baby, should i join in - **1.** Yes, so she cheers up — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** No; crying when a pet dies is natural, and she needs kindness — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yes, because it was only a rabbit and rabbits do not really count — no support - **4.** Yes, but only at lunchtime — 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} when Grandad died nan said "she's lost her other half", what's that mean - **1.** It means she must find a new one quickly — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** She is angry with Grandad — no support - **3.** Grandad was her husband, the person she loved most, and she is very sad; be gentle and spend time with her — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** She lost half of something in the house, like half a cake or half a pair of gloves, and wants help finding 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t19/) ### Test 20 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t20} overheard mum: "they're getting divorced and fighting over who keeps the dog" - **1.** The dog will be taken by the police because grown-ups are fighting about it, and it will live in a police station — no support - **2.** It means the dog bit someone — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** The dog is getting married — no support - **4.** The parents are ending their marriage and both want the dog; it is their business and the dog needs care either way — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 62, line 12: «A dog in pain may bite even its own family, so an adult must handle an ill or injured dog.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bite» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t20/) ### Test 21 · ★ · right ✓ {#t21} my cousin said Auntie got a puppy "cos she's lonely since the break-up" - **1.** Auntie's relationship ended and she feels lonely, so a pet keeps her company; do not tease her about it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Puppies cause break-ups — no support - **3.** She broke something and the puppy is a gift — no support - **4.** It means the puppy is broken — 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 66, line 22: «Divorce means a married couple end their marriage; a break-up means a couple stop being together, and the person left alone may feel lonely.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/t21/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an animal hiding more than is usual? - **1.** It is invariably content and well rested — score 7 - **2.** It wishes to be picked up and carried — score 6 - **3.** It may be ill, in pain or frightened — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** It is merely playing a game — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 8: «An animal that hides more than usual may be ill, in pain or frightened.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «frighten» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «animal» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the meaning of a bird that sits fluffed up and sleepy during the day. - **1.** It is preparing to sing — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It is very happy — no support - **3.** It may be sick — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It is about to lay an egg — 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} It being given that a child believes a pet died through his own fault, select the response consistent with the established facts. - **1.** The child is usually correct in such belief, as pets depend entirely upon children — score 3 - **2.** The child should keep the feeling secret — score 2 - **3.** Children often wrongly blame themselves, most pets dying of old age or illness — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** The child should get another pet at once — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 16: «Children often wrongly blame themselves when a pet dies; most pets die of old age or illness.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «blame» (+4); the same doer «children» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a bored animal. - **1.** It requires more sleep only — no support - **2.** It requires to be left alone in a dark room for extended periods — no support - **3.** It requires a smaller cage — no support - **4.** It requires toys, play, walks and new things to explore — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 13: «Adverts are made to make you want things, even things you do not need.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+1); the same thing acted on «things» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/e4/) - ← previous: [65. A pet is a responsibility](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/) - next →: [67. Allergies, horses and farm animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)