--- title: Words that changed their meaning — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 38 «Words that changed their 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/38-words-that-changed-their-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/) / Words that changed their meaning # Words that changed their meaning The 14 questions of lesson 38 «Words that changed their meaning» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 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/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t1/) — Your mate goes "words never change, bruv, a word means what it means, forever." What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t2/) — Your nan from Bristol says "'ee were a naughty one, my lover." ("My lover" is a friendly greeting in the West Country.) What does "naughty" mean today? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t3/) — What would happen if you read an old poem where a knight is "silly" and you used today's meaning? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t4/) — Your American cousin says "y'all, there's a deer in the yard!" ("Y'all" means you all.) In Old English, what could "deer" have been? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t5/) — A Gen Z teen says "my dad's so random, lowkey." ("Lowkey" means a bit.) What does "random" mean here? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t6/) — Your bro says "spam was always about emails, that's what the word means." What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t7/) — In a cartoon a detective says "a clue is a ball of thread, obviously." Could that ever have been right? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t8/) — Your grandad, a big fan of old films, says "Bully for you!" when you win a race. What does he mean? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t9/) — Your mate says "a mouse is an animal, the computer one is a mistake." What's the fair answer? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/t10/) — Why might comparing an English word with German help you guess its old meaning? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/e1/) — Identify the term designating the alteration of a word's meaning over the course of time. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the history of the word "silly"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Old English word "dēor". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/e4/) — Ascertain the original meaning of the Old English verb "steorfan", from which "starve" derives. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [37. Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds/) - next →: [39. Talking well: politeness, listening and saying s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/39-talking-well-politeness-listening-and-saying-sorry/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)