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title: When money is tight: "we can't afford it" — how Mova does on the tests · Money
description: Lesson 23 of the money course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 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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# When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

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**Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 5 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 23 of the money 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/).

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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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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A kid at school goes, "Free school dinners? Lol, you're poor." What is the best answer?

- **1.** Free meals are worse food, so he has a point — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Free school meals help loads of kids, and mocking that is out of order — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Only children who are naughty get free meals — no support
- **4.** He's right, so the kid should hide his lunch — 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Your mate, proper Mancunian, says, "Me mam got me trainers from the charity shop, they're sound, our kid." ("Sound" means good; "our kid" means brother or mate.) What's true?

- **1.** Second-hand trainers cost more than new ones — score 3
- **2.** Charity shops only sell broken things that nobody else wants to buy — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Second-hand trainers can be as good as new for a lot less money — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** It's against the rules to wear second-hand shoes at school — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 16: «A charity shop sells donated things and gives the money to a good cause.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+2); the same doer «charity shop» (+2); the same thing acted on «donated things» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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What would happen if Leo's mum bought the £200 bike with only £50 spare?

- **1.** The family would just have £250 spare at the end of the month — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The bike shop would pay the energy bill for them as a thank-you — no support
- **3.** Nothing, because bikes are free to keep after the first month — no support
- **4.** She'd be £150 short for other bills like food and energy — **✓ 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Gran in Newcastle says to Callum, "Divvn't fret, pet, it's not your fault, man." ("Divvn't" means don't; "fret" means worry.) What is she telling him?

- **1.** To fetch his pet hamster so that he feels a bit better — no support
- **2.** Not to worry: grown-ups' money stress isn't his fault — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** That he did something wrong and must say sorry to them — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **4.** That he must pay for the family's shopping from now on — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 6: «To afford something means to have enough money for it after the important things are paid.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «something» (+4). 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t4/)

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### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5}

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Leo storms off: "Ugh, you never buy me anything, you don't even care!" What's actually going on?

- **1.** His parents have plenty of money in the bank but are hiding it — score 10
- **2.** His parents have decided to punish him, though he did nothing wrong — score 8
- **3.** His parents care but there isn't enough money left this month — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14
- **4.** His parents think bikes are far too dangerous for all children — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 14, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 4: «Families get money in different ways, and all of them are normal: some people work for themselves and earn more some months than others, older people live on a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «care» (+4); the same doer «parent» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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A cartoon shows a sad family "fixing" money problems by winning the lottery. What does it get wrong?

- **1.** Lotteries give money to anyone who is sad — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Every family with money worries wins the lottery in the end — no support
- **3.** Real families always fix money problems overnight — no support
- **4.** Most families get through tight times with plans, help and small savings, not luck — **✓ 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t6/)

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### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7}

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Dad says, "Free fun this month — park, library, picnic." Your cousin goes, "That's so mid, no cap." ("Mid" means boring; "no cap" means honestly.) What's the best reply?

- **1.** Libraries charge more than cinemas anyway — score 3
- **2.** Free fun can be just as good, and it saves money when things are tight — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Parks are closed to families who are skint — no support
- **4.** He's right, fun only counts if you pay for it — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 6: «To afford something means to have enough money for it after the important things are paid.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «enough money» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Ellie's mum says, "I'll find the £30, but no takeaway for a bit." The takeaway is £15 a week. How many weeks without it pay for the trip?

- **1.** 3 weeks — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 30 weeks — no support
- **3.** 2 weeks — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** 15 weeks — 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t8/)

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### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9}

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Your mate whispers, "Amira's lot used the food bank, that's well embarrassing." What's the kindest true answer?

- **1.** It's a secret club, so it doesn't count — no support
- **2.** Loads of families need a hand sometimes; it's nothing to be ashamed of — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** He's right, she should never come to school again — no support
- **4.** Food banks are only for people who don't work — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 10: «A food bank is a place that gives free food to people who need it; many families use one when money runs short, and it is nothing to be ashamed of.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «nothing» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Sami's mum got second-hand shoes for £10 instead of £40 — no wait, they were £12 — instead of £40. How much did she save?

- **1.** £30 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** £28 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** £52 — no support
- **4.** £12 — 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Hannah wants to pay the £300 the family is short with her £5 pocket money. What is wise?

- **1.** Her £5 will fix the problem completely — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It's grown-ups' job to sort; she can help with kindness and not asking for extras — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** She should sell the family telly herself — no support
- **4.** She should take money from Mum's purse to help — 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t11/)

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

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It is given that a bicycle is priced at £200, whereas the sum remaining to a household after essential expenditure is £50. Determine the shortfall.

- **1.** £250 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** £200 — no support
- **3.** £150 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** £50 — 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/e1/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a food bank?

- **1.** An institution that accepts deposits of food in exchange for interest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A facility in which restaurants store surplus produce for sale — no support
- **3.** An organisation that distributes food without charge to persons in need — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A retail outlet that sells provisions at an elevated price — 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/e2/)

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

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Ascertain the aggregate saving to a household in respect of free school meals, given that each meal would otherwise cost £2.50 and that the school week comprises five days.

- **1.** £12.50 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** £125 — no support
- **3.** £10.50 — no support
- **4.** £7.50 — 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/e3/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the responsibility of children for the financial difficulties of their households.

- **1.** Children bear principal responsibility for such difficulties — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Children are obliged by law to remedy such difficulties — no support
- **3.** Children bear no responsibility for such difficulties — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Children bear responsibility only where they have requested gifts — 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/e4/)

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- ← previous: [22. The weekly shop and a family budget](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget/)
- next →: [24. Debt, loans, credit cards and interest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest/)
- ↑ back to [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/)