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title: Hello and goodbye: greetings — how Mova does on the tests · French
description: Lesson 4 of the french course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Hello and goodbye: greetings

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**Tests:** 6 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 5 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 4 of the french 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/).

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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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Zara texts her mum, "is she saluting me lol?" What does salut mean when her penpal says it?

- **1.** Good evening, madam — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Hi, between friends — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Please be quiet — no support
- **4.** I salute you, like a soldier — 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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Tom in Yorkshire writes "Orrevwar, see ya!" in his book. What is the right spelling?

- **1.** Au revwar — no support
- **2.** Au revoir — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **3.** Aurevoir — no support
- **4.** Orrevoir — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 8: «Au revoir ! ("oh ruh-VWAR") means goodbye; it is written as two words and works with anyone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «revoir» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t2/)

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### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3}

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Mason goes, "Wicked weird, is bonsoir like good night?" ("Wicked" means very.) What's the answer?

- **1.** No, bonsoir is a hello in the evening; good night is bonne nuit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Yes, but only when you say it to a grown-up — no support
- **3.** No, bonsoir means good morning and is used before school — score 4
- **4.** Yes, they mean exactly the same thing, so either is fine — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 9: «Bonsoir ! ("bon-SWAR") means good evening and is a hello; Bonne nuit ! ("bon NWEE") means good night and is said only before bed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bonsoir» (+2); the same thing acted on «hello» (+2); 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Aoife says "Yeah grand" in English when asked "Ça va, et toi ?" ("Grand" means fine.) What could she have said?

- **1.** Je m'appelle bien. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Bonne nuit, merci ! — no support
- **3.** Au revoir, et toi ! — no support
- **4.** Ça va bien, merci ! — **✓ 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Lucas tells his dad, "Mate, she went for two kisses, I nearly headbutted her!" What's the best advice?

- **1.** Shake hands very hard so they don't try again — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Watch the other person and follow, or just smile and say bonjour — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Always do four kisses, that's the rule everywhere — no support
- **4.** Always turn away, la bise is only for grown-ups in love — 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t5/)

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### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6}

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Olivia is a bit salty: "Is he calling me a cuckoo?" ("Salty" means annoyed.) What's the truth?

- **1.** No, coucou is a warm, playful hi — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No, coucou means goodbye forever — no support
- **3.** Yes, but only when said to a girl — no support
- **4.** Yes, coucou always means "you silly bird" — 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Harvey says, "Ah'm gonnae say au revoir ten times, then." ("Gonnae" means going to.) What could he say instead if he meets the class tomorrow?

- **1.** Bonsoir ! — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Bonjour ! — no support
- **3.** À demain ! — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Enchanté ! — 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Sienna whispers, "Is she doing magic?" when a gran says "Enchantée !" What did the gran mean?

- **1.** Pleased to meet you — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Goodbye, see you soon — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** I'm very tired today — no support
- **4.** I'm putting a spell on you — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 15: «À demain ! means see you tomorrow, À bientôt ! means see you soon, and À plus ! ("a PLUSS") means see you later; teens write it A+.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+5); the same property (+3). 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t8/)

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### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9}

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Rory asks, "Is wesh even French, or is it skibidi talk?" What's the best reply?

- **1.** It's real French, but slang for friends of your age — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It's only used by grandparents in the countryside — no support
- **3.** It's not French, it's English with an accent — no support
- **4.** It's the most polite word in all of French — no support

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**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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t9/)

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### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10}

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A cartoon hero walks into a Paris shop at 10 in the morning and says "Bonne nuit !" to the baker. What's wrong?

- **1.** He should say au revoir when he comes in — no support
- **2.** He should say bonjour; bonne nuit is for bedtime — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** Nothing, that's how you say hello in the morning — no support
- **4.** He should say salut, because bakers are friends — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 1: «In France a greeting is not a nice extra: you say bonjour to the baker, the bus driver and the doctor before anything else, and skipping it sounds rude.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same thing acted on «bonjour» (+4). 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t10/)

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### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11}

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★★★ Which day's greetings are all right? Morning at school to the teacher; evening at a party; bedtime with Mum.

- **1.** Bonjour, madame. / Bonsoir ! / Bonne nuit ! — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Salut ! / Bonne nuit ! / Bonsoir ! — no support
- **3.** Bonjour, madame. / Bonne nuit ! / Bonsoir ! — no support
- **4.** Bonsoir ! / Bonjour ! / Bonne nuit ! — 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t11/)

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### Test 12 · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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★★★ Inès writes Enchantée under her text. Tom writes Enchanté. What does this tell you?

- **1.** Inès is older than Tom — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Inès is a girl and Tom is a boy — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Inès is much more polite than Tom — no support
- **4.** Tom forgot a letter by 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/t12/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the customary use of bonjour in France?

- **1.** It is considered impolite when addressed to shopkeepers — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is reserved exclusively for close acquaintances and relatives — no support
- **3.** It is employed solely upon retiring for the night — no support
- **4.** It is expected as an opening courtesy towards any person addressed during the day — **✓ 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the expression appropriate when a person retires to bed.

- **1.** Bonjour — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Bonsoir — no support
- **3.** Bonne nuit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Salut — 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the greeting salut.

- **1.** It signifies gratitude and is the equivalent of "thank you" — score 3
- **2.** It is a formal greeting required when addressing officials — no support
- **3.** It is an informal greeting suitable among friends, children and family — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** It is employed exclusively in written correspondence — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 7: «Salut ! ("sa-LU") means hi or bye between friends, children and family; it sounds too cheeky with a teacher or shopkeeper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «salut» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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It is given that a female person, upon an introduction, writes the expression signifying "pleased to meet you". Determine its correct written form.

- **1.** Enchantés — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Enchanter — no support
- **3.** Enchantée — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Enchanté — 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/french/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/e4/)

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