--- title: Excuse me, and good manners at the table — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Everyday description: The 25 test and exam questions of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» of the everyday 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/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / Excuse me, and good manners at the table # Excuse me, and good manners at the table The 25 questions of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school with their options, 131 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/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t1/) — A boy in Glasgow pushes past a lady on the bus without a word and she almost falls. What should he have done? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t2/) — Why is reaching across the table for the ketchup a bad idea? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t3/) — At a family dinner in Canada, everyone has food except Grandpa. What do you do? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t4/) — Why do many families keep phones and tablets away from dinner? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t5/) — Your friend's mum serves a curry you have never eaten. It is safe for you. What is polite? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t6/) — A girl in Sydney wipes her mouth on her sleeve at a restaurant. What would be better? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t7/) — Why do we take a fair share from a dish everyone eats from? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t8/) — You want to go and play while the adults are still eating. What do you say first? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t9/) — oops burped at dinner lol — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t10/) — want the ketchup, its way over there — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t11/) — done eatin, can i just go play — wrong ✗ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t12/) — one roastie left, im having it — wrong ✗ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t13/) — mouth full of crisps, telling a joke rn — wrong ✗ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t14/) — corridor's packed, gonna shove thru — wrong ✗ - [t15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t15/) — mate's choking and can't talk or cough — wrong ✗ - [t16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t16/) — did u hear Leo laughed with a mouthful of sausage at lunch n went proper blue, they say the ambulance came n everything — wrong ✗ - [t17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t17/) — apparently Priya burps at dinner and doesn't even say excuse me, she's disgusting, tell everyone — right ✓ - [t18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t18/) — my cousin says some big kid shoved thru the corridor and a little kid broke both arms, I swear — wrong ✗ - [t19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t19/) — at Christmas dinner uncle asked my big sis loudly "so, got a boyfriend yet?" n she went red — wrong ✗ - [t20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t20/) — at the table nan said "excuse me, that's not for little ears" when auntie talked bout her ex — right ✓ - [t21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t21/) — my brother went "Ella's got a boyfriend" with his mouth full at tea — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/e1/) — Identify the appropriate request when one wishes to leave the table before others have finished. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises correct conduct in respect of a condiment, such as salt or ketchup, beyond one's reach? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/e3/) — Identify the principal reason why talking or laughing with food in the mouth is discouraged. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/e4/) — Whereas a shared dish has been placed upon the table, select the response consistent with established manners. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [126. 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