Funny pranks Lesson 438 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 30 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 Ollie in Bristol put a rubber spider in his dad's slipper. 1 Dad screamed like a kid, then laughed so hard he cried. 2 «Proper job, son!» — West Country for «well done». 3 The next week Dad got him back with a rubber spider in the cereal. 4 A prank is a trick played for fun, and a good one has three marks: nobody is hurt, nothing is broken, and everyone laughs at the end — including the one who was pranked. 6 Sophie put googly eyes on everything in the fridge, and when Mum opened it a dozen eyes stared at her; Mum laughed and the photo went on the family group chat. 7 Jayden in Atlanta wrapped his brother's whole desk in tin foil, pencil by pencil, which took two hours; his brother walked in and said «Bro, that's actually bussin'» — young slang for «amazing». 8 The bigger the effort and the smaller the harm, the better the prank. 9 Some pranks go a bit wrong. 10 Mia swapped salt for sugar in her brother's tea; he spat it across the table, laughed, and Mum made Mia make a fresh cup and clean up — fair enough. 11 Leo jumped out at his sister from behind a door; Gran said «not near the stairs», a good point. 12 Theo saw a cling-film-on-the-toilet prank online and tried it; it went everywhere, and Mum made him clean the whole bathroom. 13 «Not so funny now, eh?» If you'd hate cleaning it up, it isn't a good prank. 14 Some pranks cost people things they need. 15 Ava set the clocks five minutes fast; Dad was early all week, but Gran nearly missed her bus home. 17 Kirsty in Aberdeen hid her dad's car keys so he'd «look for ages» — he was late and nearly missed a job interview. 18 «That's why we don't hide keys, pet. 19 You never know what's riding on them.» 20 Noah's family in Vancouver has a «prank week» every summer with three rules: nothing that breaks, nothing that hurts, nothing that's mean. 21 Everyone looks forward to it, nobody gets upset, and Grandpa wins every year with a rubber snake in the mailbox. 22 A prank is a trick played for fun, not to hurt. 23 A good prank causes no harm and no damage, and the person pranked laughs too. 24 Pranks that need cleaning up should be cleaned up by the prankster. 25 Food pranks are funny once, but never with anything that could make someone ill or with someone's allergy. 26 Jump scares should never be done near stairs, hot drinks or someone who could be hurt by a fright. 27 Pranks that mess with time, travel, money or tests can cost people things that matter. 28 A pranked person needs to be told «only joking» before the trick causes harm. 29 Never prank with things people need for work, safety or health, like keys or medicine. 30 Pranks that everyone agrees to play, with clear rules, are the best kind. 31 If you would hate the clean-up or hate it done to you, it is not a good prank. ← previous When not to keep a friend's secretnext → Cruel pranks and where the line is↑ back to Everyday This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/438-funny-pranks/