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title: Puns and jokes that need a pun — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 28 «Puns and jokes that need a pun» 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.
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# Puns and jokes that need a pun

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The 15 questions of lesson 28 «Puns and jokes that need a pun» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 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/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t1/) — Your mate goes "puns are only for brainy kids, I don't get 'em, bruv." What's the best tip? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t2/) — Your cousin translates "Lettuce in, it's cold" into Ukrainian word for word. What will happen? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t3/) — What would happen to the "seven eight nine" joke if "ate" and "eight" sounded different? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t4/) — A Gen Z teen says "dad jokes are mid, they're not real jokes." ("Mid" means average, not great.) What's fairer? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t5/) — Sam reads "Fruit flies like a banana" and thinks fruit can fly. What's the trick? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t6/) — Your nan from Cornwall says "proper job, that bike joke, my lover." ("Proper job" means well done, "my lover" is a friendly greeting.) Which word pair makes the bike joke work? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t7/) — A cartoon fish with no eyes says "I'm a fish!" What's the punchline it missed? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t8/) — Your friend says "a joke has to be true, otherwise it's a lie." What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t9/) — Make your own pun: which word has two meanings you could use for a joke about a tree? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t10/) — Billy's mate in Liverpool says "that six and seven joke's boss, la." ("Boss" means great, "la" means mate.) Which two words sound the same in it? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/t11/) — Which sentence hides a pun? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pun? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which puns are seldom preserved in translation. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/e3/) — In respect of the jest "Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine", select the response consistent with the established facts. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/28-puns-and-jokes-that-need-a-pun/e4/) — Ascertain the two senses operative in the statement that a book on anti-gravity is "impossible to put down". — right ✓ · exam

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