--- title: Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Germs grow fast in food left warm, so food goes in the fridge, the fridge door stays shut and mouldy food is thrown away. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/) [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/) / Kitchen floors, food safety and the mi… # Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave Lesson 106 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/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/0/) — Germs grow fast in food left warm, so food goes in the fridge, the fridge door stays shut and mouldy food is thrown away. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/1/) — A microwave heats food by making the water in it jiggle, but metal makes sparks, sealed things burst and a whole egg explodes. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/2/) — The kitchen is no place to run: knives, hot pans and slippery floors make a fall there much worse. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/3/) — For example, a girl in Florida who sees a fuzzy green spot on the bread throws the whole loaf away, because mould spreads threads you cannot see. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/4/) — Walk in the kitchen and play elsewhere while cooking happens. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/5/) — Wipe up spills at once or tell someone, because wet or greasy floors make people slip. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/6/) — Mould spreads threads through soft food like bread further than you can see, so throw the whole loaf away. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/7/) — Germs grow fast at room temperature, so cooked food left out for hours can be unsafe. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/8/) — An open fridge door lets food warm up and spoil, and wastes electricity. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/9/) — Never share food with someone who has an allergy; even a tiny amount can cause a dangerous reaction. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/10/) — Use only microwave-safe dishes: metal, foil and gold rims make sparks and can start a fire. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/11/) — Never microwave a whole egg in its shell, because steam builds up and it explodes. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/12/) — Never run a microwave empty, because nothing absorbs the energy and it can be damaged. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/13/) — If something catches fire inside a microwave, keep the door shut, switch it off at the wall and call a grown-up. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/14/) — A fire in a closed microwave runs out of air. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/15/) — Take the lid off or leave a gap when heating a jar or container, because pressure can make it burst. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/16/) — A boy in Leeds left a spill of oil on the kitchen floor; his mum slipped carrying a pot and burnt her leg. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/17/) — A girl in Texas put a metal spoon in a bowl in the microwave; it sparked and caught fire, and the family had to switch off and keep the door shut until it went out. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/18/) — Metal in a microwave can spark and start a fire. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/19/) — Undercooked chicken, still pink inside, and unwashed hands after touching raw meat can give people food poisoning. - ← previous: [Knives, kitchen tools and cooking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/) - next →: [Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)