--- title: Commas: lists, clauses and clarity — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 33 «Commas: lists, clauses and clarity» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / Commas: lists, clauses and clarity # Commas: lists, clauses and clarity The 15 questions of lesson 33 «Commas: lists, clauses and clarity» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 85 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/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t1/) — Your mate goes "commas are just where you take a breath, innit." What is truer? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t2/) — ★★★ "My brother who lives in Leeds" versus "My brother, who lives in Leeds". Which one suggests the speaker has more than one brother? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t3/) — A Gen Z sister texts "slay, babe, slay." Which comma rule is she using? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t4/) — In a cartoon, a sign says "Slow children crossing." What comma would stop the joke? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t5/) — What would happen if Ahmed took every comma out of "Before eating, the cat washed its paws"? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t6/) — A Canadian kid writes "I want pancakes, maple syrup, eh." ("Eh" is a friendly tag on the end.) Is the comma before "eh" fine? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t7/) — ★★★ "I love cooking my family and my dog." Which version clearly shows three separate things the speaker loves? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t8/) — Kai, Year 5, writes "Before the match, we had pizza, it was nice." What is wrong? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t9/) — Dad, bit grumpy: "Read it again, I said commas, not confetti." What is he telling his son? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t10/) — Which sentence uses the pair of commas to wrap extra information? — right ✓ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/t11/) — ★★★ "We invited the clowns, Anna and Bea." With the Oxford comma "the clowns, Anna, and Bea" what changes? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/e1/) — Identify the sentence in which the comma serves to indicate the person being addressed. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a comma splice? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/e3/) — Select the response consistent with established convention in respect of a fronted adverbial. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/e4/) — Ascertain the correctly punctuated version of a sentence containing a non-essential relative clause. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [32. Active and passive voice, modal verbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs/) - next →: [34. Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/)