diff --git a/common-content/en/module/tools/head-and-tail/index.md b/common-content/en/module/tools/head-and-tail/index.md
index 7598c6f73..a2b4d7684 100644
--- a/common-content/en/module/tools/head-and-tail/index.md
+++ b/common-content/en/module/tools/head-and-tail/index.md
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ Imagine we have an input file which has 100 lines.
 {{<multiple-choice
    delimiter="~"
    question="What command/pipeline could we write to skip the first three lines of the file, and then output the next 2 lines?"
-   answers="head -n3 input | tail -n2 ~ tail -n+4 | head -n2 ~ tail -n+3 | head -n2"
+   answers="`head -n3 input | tail -n2` ~ `tail -n+4 | head -n2` ~ `tail -n+3 | head -n2`"
    feedback="No - remember each stage in a pipeline applies to the output of the previous stage, not the original file. ~ Right - tail skips the first few lines, then head takes just a few from the top of that output. ~ Not quite - how many lines does this skip?"
    correct="1" >}}
diff --git a/common-content/en/module/tools/sort-and-uniq/index.md b/common-content/en/module/tools/sort-and-uniq/index.md
index d60513278..4dba22056 100644
--- a/common-content/en/module/tools/sort-and-uniq/index.md
+++ b/common-content/en/module/tools/sort-and-uniq/index.md
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ hamsters 300
 {{<multiple-choice
    delimiter="~"
    question="What command would output the lines of the file sorted alphabetically?"
-   answers="sort input.txt ~ sort -u input.txt ~ sort input.txt | uniq"
-   feedback="Right - sort sorts the file. ~ Not quite - what does -u do? ~ Not quite - what does piping to uniq do?"
+   answers="`sort input.txt` ~ `sort -u input.txt` ~ `sort input.txt | uniq`"
+   feedback="Right - sort sorts the file. ~ Not quite - what does `-u` do? ~ Not quite - what does piping to uniq do?"
    correct="0" >}}
 
 {{<multiple-choice
    delimiter="~"
    question="What command would output the lines of the file sorted by the number after the first space, starting with hamsters 300?"
-   answers="sort -k1 input.txt ~ sort -k2 input.txt ~ sort -k2 -r -n input.txt ~ sort -k2 -n input.txt"
-   feedback="Not quite - check what -k1 does. ~ Not quite - look at the difference between alphabetical sorting and numerical sorting. ~ Right! We need to select the right field, sort numerically, and reverse the order to go biggest to smallest. ~ Close, but what order will things be sorted?"
+   answers="`sort -k1 input.txt` ~ `sort -k2 input.txt` ~ `sort -k2 -r -n input.txt` ~ `sort -k2 -n input.txt`"
+   feedback="Not quite - check what `-k1` does. ~ Not quite - look at the difference between alphabetical sorting and numerical sorting. ~ Right! We need to select the right field, sort numerically, and reverse the order to go biggest to smallest. ~ Close, but what order will things be sorted?"
    correct="2" >}}
 
 {{<multiple-choice
diff --git a/common-content/en/module/tools/tr/index.md b/common-content/en/module/tools/tr/index.md
index c4fe288bb..c2899a5b8 100644
--- a/common-content/en/module/tools/tr/index.md
+++ b/common-content/en/module/tools/tr/index.md
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ Learn about `tr` from its man page (and the backlog exercises).
 {{<multiple-choice
    delimiter="~"
    question="What command could we write to delete all of the vowels from the input?"
-   answers="tr -d 'aeiou' ~ tr 'aeiou' '' ~ tr -d '[aeiou]'"
+   answers="`tr -d 'aeiou'` ~ `tr 'aeiou' ''` ~ `tr -d '[aeiou]'`"
    feedback="Right - we list all of the vowels as things to delete. ~ No - the no-flag form of tr doesn't allow an empty second string. ~ No - this will remove all of the vowels, but also remove other characters. tr doesn't accept regular expressions."
    correct="0" >}}