--- title: Washing your body and caring for your hair — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 76 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 10 of 19 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/) [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/) / 76 # Washing your body and caring for your hair **Tests:** 10 of 19 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 76 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/). 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} A boy in Texas played football all afternoon in the heat. What should he do that evening? - **1.** Wait until the weekend to wash — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Spray on deodorant instead of washing — no support - **3.** Just change his shirt — no support - **4.** Have a wash or shower with soap — **✓ 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Which is true about head lice? - **1.** They cannot be treated — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** Only dirty children who never wash get them — no support - **3.** They like clean hair as much as dirty hair — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** They jump from far away like fleas — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 76, line 22: «Head lice are common in schools, are not caused by being dirty, and spread from head to head until they are treated.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «treat» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} A two-year-old is sitting in only a little bath water. Is it safe to leave her for a minute? - **1.** No, a small child can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes, if she is sitting down — no support - **3.** Yes, if the door is left open — no support - **4.** Yes, the water is far too shallow for a child to come to any harm — 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} A girl wants to dry her hair while standing next to a full bath. What is the danger? - **1.** The hot air could make all the bath water boil and burn her — no support - **2.** If the dryer touches the water, the electricity could kill her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** There is no danger if the dryer is new — no support - **4.** The steam would break the dryer slowly — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 32, line 7: «A girl in Florida used a hair dryer next to a full bath; it fell in, and only the safety switch in the house tripping in time stopped her getting a deadly shoc…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «hair dryer» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} What would probably happen if a boy wore the same socks all week? - **1.** They would hold sweat and germs and start to smell — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 - **2.** His feet would grow faster — no support - **3.** Nothing, socks do not get dirty — score 4 - **4.** They would get a little cleaner each day he wore them — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 15: «Clean underwear and socks are worn every day, because they hold sweat and germs.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same doer «underwear» (+4); the same thing acted on «sweat» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Why does an adult test bath water with an elbow and not a hand? - **1.** The hand is always too dirty to put in the bath — no support - **2.** The elbow cannot get scalded — no support - **3.** The elbow feels heat better, so it is a fairer test — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Elbows are the strongest part of the arm and do not mind heat — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 9: «Bath water is run cold first, then hot, and an adult checks it with an elbow, which feels heat better than a hand, because hot water can scald skin badly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Two friends at a sleepover want to use one towel to save washing. What is better? - **1.** They dry themselves with their pyjamas — score 0 - **2.** Each uses their own towel — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** They share it but use different sides — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** They share it if it looks clean — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 60, line 6: «A girl in Texas trusted a new online friend because he knew her school and hobbies; he had simply read her public posts, and he used them to trick her into thi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). 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/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Why do people brush long tangled hair from the ends first? - **1.** It is the only way to see the knots — no support - **2.** The ends are the dirtiest part — no support - **3.** Pulling from the top hurts and breaks the hair — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** It makes the hair grow longer and thicker — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 18: «Tangled hair is brushed gently from the ends upwards, because pulling from the top hurts and breaks hair.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «pulling» (+5); the same action «hurt» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} A family wants to use less water. What helps in the bathroom? - **1.** Shorter showers of about five minutes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Showering three times a day — no support - **3.** Leaving the tap running while brushing — no support - **4.** Longer baths with more bubbles — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 76, line 16: «A short shower of about five minutes saves water and energy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «short shower» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} running the bath for my baby bro, i'll pop out for a sec - **1.** It is fine if he can sit up — no support - **2.** Never leave a small child alone in the bath — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** It is fine if the water is shallow — no support - **4.** It is fine for a minute or two, nothing happens that fast — no support **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 76, line 12: «A small child must never be left alone in a bath, because small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same property (+2); the same place «bath» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} can i dry my hair with the hairdryer while im in the bath - **1.** Yes, if your hands are dry — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, if the bath is nearly empty — no support - **3.** Yes, if you hold it up high, well away from the water — no support - **4.** No, electricity near water can kill — **✓ 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} hot tap first then cold yeah - **1.** Hot first so it fills up faster — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It does not matter which tap first — no support - **3.** Run cold first, then hot, and an adult checks it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Only hot, it cools down by itself in a bit — 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} same socks 3rd day, theyre fine - **1.** Turn them inside out instead — no support - **2.** Only change them if they have holes — no support - **3.** Socks are fine for a whole week as long as they don't smell yet — no support - **4.** Wear clean socks every day, they hold sweat and germs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 76, line 15: «Clean underwear and socks are worn every day, because they hold sweat and germs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «clean underwear» (+3); the same action «wear» (+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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14} toes itchy n peeling after footy, its nothin - **1.** Itching means the skin is healing — no support - **2.** It may be athlete's foot, wash, dry between toes and tell a parent — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** It means your feet are still growing — no support - **4.** Wear the same wet socks to stop it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 76, line 21: «Athlete's foot is a fungus that grows in warm, damp skin, so drying between your toes after washing helps stop it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dry» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t15} think i got nits, too embarrassed to tell mum - **1.** Share a hat so they move away — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** Cut your own hair very short — no support - **3.** Tell her anyway, lice are common and spread until treated — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Keep it secret, they go away on their own after a week or two — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 68, line 23: «Goats can butt hard enough to knock a child over; a goat that lowers its head may be about to butt, so you move away calmly and never turn your back on it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «move away» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t16} skipped showers all week cos its winter - **1.** In winter you never get dirty — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** You still need to wash, sweat and dirt cause smells and sore skin — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Only wash when it is hot outside — no support - **4.** Cold weather kills all germs — 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · right ✓ {#t17} my mum's mate said a toddler drowned in the bath when the mum went to get a towel for like 1 minute, what's the real lesson - **1.** Never leave a small child alone in a bath, not even briefly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Toddlers can swim, so baths are always safe — no support - **3.** Only deep baths are dangerous for toddlers — no support - **4.** Bath time is safe if the water is warm — 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 76, line 12: «A small child must never be left alone in a bath, because small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same property (+2); the same place «bath» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t18} kids reckon if u get nits ur head has to be shaved bald, true?? - **1.** True, shaving it all off is the only cure there is for nits — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** True, and you must stay home for a year — no support - **3.** False, nits go away by themselves overnight — no support - **4.** Exaggerated; nits are treated with a fine-tooth comb — **✓ 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} everyone's sayin Lily got nits cos her family's filthy, should i tell people - **1.** Yes, but only to her best friends — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, everyone needs to know they are dirty — no support - **3.** No, it's unkind and untrue; anyone can get lice — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yes, and tell people to stay away from her — 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal reason for which bath water is run cold first and tested by an adult before a child enters. - **1.** Hot water causes the soap to stop working — score 3 - **2.** Hot water may scald the skin severely — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **3.** Cold water makes the bath fill more quickly — score 3 - **4.** Cold water first keeps the bath cleaner — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 9: «Bath water is run cold first, then hot, and an adult checks it with an elbow, which feels heat better than a hand, because hot water can scald skin badly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hot water» (+5); the same action «scald» (+3); the same thing acted on «skin» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following most accurately characterises head lice? - **1.** They appear only on persons who never wash — score 5 - **2.** They are caused by eating too many sweets — no support - **3.** They spread from head to head and are not a sign of being dirty — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **4.** They are present only in the hair of adults — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 22: «Head lice are common in schools, are not caused by being dirty, and spread from head to head until they are treated.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «spread» (+2); the same doer «head lice» (+2); the same place «head» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning electrical appliances such as hair dryers. - **1.** They are safe near water provided the hands are wet — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** They are safe near water if the cord is long — no support - **3.** They must never be used near water, as the two together can kill — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** They may be used in the bath if switched to low — 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Determine the principal reason for which towels, combs and hats are not shared between persons. - **1.** Combs and hats wear out more swiftly when shared — no support - **2.** Shared towels become wet too quickly to use — no support - **3.** Sharing such items is forbidden by school rules alone — no support - **4.** Germs, skin infections and head lice spread through them — **← 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 76, line 3: «Some things are only for one person: towels, combs, brushes and hats, because germs, skin infections and head lice spread through them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «towels» (+5); the same action «spread» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/e4/) - ← previous: [75. The dentist and washing your hands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/) - next →: [77. Hair, nails and ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)