--- title: Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books description: The 21 test and exam questions of lesson 87 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… # Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake The 21 questions of lesson 87 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 112 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t1/) — Ollie: «this is a new story, Taffy's never been in the book before, highkey sure.» (highkey = very, openly) Put it right. — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t2/) — Why does Taffy's idea work better than her picture-letter? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t3/) — Tegumai says perches and trouts haven't got feelers. Why does that matter to a sign? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t4/) — Mia, a bit nesh (feels the cold): «why'd she make the tail a separate sign? join them, it's quicker.» What does Taffy say? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t5/) — What would happen if every sound had no fixed picture? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t6/) — Which is TRUE about this part? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t7/) — Real life: how did our letter A begin? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t8/) — Real life: what was the clever idea of the first alphabet-makers, about 3,800 years ago? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t9/) — Real life: where did our letter O come from? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t10/) — Looking back: what did the Stranger-man give Taffy to show he meant no harm? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t11/) — Looking back: what did the Head Chief say the next picture-letter needed? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t12/) — Looking back: how many letters did the Head Chief foretell? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t13/) — Looking back: in the last story, Taffy borrowed a shark's tooth to draw. What does Tegumai use to scratch on bark here? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t14/) — Zoe from Cape Town: «lekker, so Daddy was annoyed by the game?» (lekker = great) Put it right. — right ✓ · ★ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t15/) — ★★★ Taffy says «inciting» for exciting. Which other word does she bend the same way in this part? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t16/) — ★★★ Counting: in this part they make signs for how many different sounds? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t17/) — ★★★ Careful: which sign did Tegumai draw first, the very first time, for ah? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/e1/) — Identify the sound for which the open mouth of a carp-fish was adopted as a sign. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/e2/) — Ascertain the reason advanced by Tegumai for the inclusion of a feeler across the mouth of the carp. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/e3/) — It is given that Tegumai uttered «Ssh!» while thinking. Select the response most consistent with the sign adopted. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of the letter A in the real world? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [86. Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Writte…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/) - next →: [88. Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/)