--- title: Going up and down stairs safely — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Going up and down stairs safely», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Stairs are one of the places where people at home and at school fall most often, so it pays to use them carefully. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Going up and down stairs safely # Going up and down stairs safely Lesson 1 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 20 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/1-stairs/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/0/) — Stairs are one of the places where people at home and at school fall most often, so it pays to use them carefully. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/1/) — Hold the handrail, take one step at a time and put your whole foot on each step; the rail gives you something to grab if you trip. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/2/) — Never run, push or play on stairs: going fast means a missed step turns into a tumble down many steps. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/3/) — When you carry something, carry it so you can still see your feet and the steps, and keep one hand free for the rail; make two small trips instead of one big one. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/4/) — For example, a boy in Denver carrying a tall laundry basket downstairs cannot see the steps, so he takes half the clothes first and holds the rail with his free hand. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/5/) — A boy in Ohio ran down the stairs in his socks carrying a laundry basket he could not see over; he slipped on the third step from the top, fell to the bottom and broke his arm. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/6/) — A little girl's family left a toy car on the stairs; her grandad stepped on it in the dark, fell and hurt his hip so badly he spent weeks in hospital. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/7/) — Falls on stairs are one of the most common ways people get hurt at home. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/8/) — Holding the handrail lets you catch yourself if you trip or slip. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/9/) — Going down stairs is riskier than going up, because a slip sends you forward and down. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/10/) — You should be able to see the steps and your feet when you carry something on the stairs. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/11/) — Toys, shoes and bags left on stairs are easy to trip over. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/12/) — Socks on smooth wooden stairs can slip; shoes or bare feet grip better. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/13/) — Running, pushing or playing games on stairs is dangerous. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/14/) — Stairs should be well lit, so you can see the edge of each step. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/15/) — Babies and toddlers need a safety gate at the top and bottom of the stairs. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/16/) — Looking at a phone while walking on stairs makes you miss steps. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/17/) — Falls are the most common reason children are taken to hospital with an injury. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/18/) — Older people who fall on stairs can break a hip, which can take months to heal. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/19/) — If someone falls and a bone may be broken (it hurts a lot or looks a strange shape), keep them still and get an adult at once; never try to pull it straight yourself. - next →: [Balance and falling well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)