--- title: Punctuation that changes meaning — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 14 «Punctuation that changes meaning» of the language 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/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Punctuation that changes meaning # Punctuation that changes meaning The 15 questions of lesson 14 «Punctuation that changes meaning» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 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/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t1/) — Your mate says "commas are just for breathing, they don't change nothing." What's the best reply? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t2/) — A Gen Z sister texts "k." after you ask to borrow her charger. What's probably going on? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t3/) — What would happen if a recipe had no punctuation? "Add salt pepper the onion stir" — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t4/) — A Scouse lad writes "Our kid, who's sound, fixed me bike." ("Our kid" means my brother, "sound" means nice.) What do the commas show? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t5/) — Your little brother writes "Help me, Tom!" and "Help me Tom!" in two stories. In which one is he talking to Tom? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t6/) — A boomer neighbour's sign says "Slow children at play." What makes it funny, and what's the fix? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t7/) — In a cartoon, a teacher writes "Stop clapping!!!!!!!!" on a report. What would a formal report use? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t8/) — Your cousin writes "What time is it?." Which is right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t9/) — "I find inspiration in cooking my family and my dog." What is the fix? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t10/) — A London lad texts "bare jokes!!!" ("Bare" means very, lots of.) Is three exclamation marks OK there? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/t11/) — Puzzle: add commas to "Mum said Dad is late" so that Dad is the speaker and Mum is the one who is late. — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the comma in the sentence "Let's eat, Grandma!"? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/e2/) — Identify the principal defect of the sentence "I like cake I like ice cream I like jelly". — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established conventions concerning the sentence "Can I come?.". — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/e4/) — In respect of the sentence "The teacher, said the pupil, is a fool", ascertain the person to whom the epithet "fool" is applied. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [13. Silent letters and the mystery of -ough](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/) - next →: [15. The apostrophe war](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/15-the-apostrophe-war/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)