--- title: Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Kitchen machines are helpful, but they hold heat, steam, gas and electricity that can hurt you if you are careless. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/) [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/) / Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwas… # Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher Lesson 107 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 19 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/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/0/) — Kitchen machines are helpful, but they hold heat, steam, gas and electricity that can hurt you if you are careless. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/1/) — A hot surface does not always look hot: a dark glass hob or a pan can burn you minutes after it is switched off. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/2/) — Little children are at most risk, because they reach up and grab without knowing what is hot. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/3/) — For example, a boy in Vancouver making tea keeps the kettle cord tucked away, because a dangling cord could pull a full boiling kettle onto someone. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/4/) — An open oven door and the inside of the oven are hot enough to burn skin instantly. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/6/) — If a gas flame goes out while the gas is on, turn the knob off and tell a grown-up; unburnt gas can fill the room and explode. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/7/) — A dark glass hob does not show its heat and can stay hot after it is switched off. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/8/) — Unplug a kettle before filling it, fill it only to the line and keep its cord away from the edge. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/9/) — Keep hot drinks out of reach of toddlers; a cup of tea can scald a small child even twenty minutes later, because it stays hot a long time and their skin is thin. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/10/) — Never carry a hot drink while holding a little child. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/11/) — If toast starts smoking, press the cancel lever and unplug the toaster. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/12/) — Old crumbs in a toaster can catch fire, so a grown-up empties the crumb tray when it is unplugged and cold. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/13/) — Put knives and forks in the dishwasher points down, or lay knives flat in the top. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/14/) — Wait a few minutes and stand back when opening a dishwasher that has just finished, because hot steam can scald. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/15/) — Close an open dishwasher door, because people trip over it and can fall onto the knives. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/16/) — A family in Ohio left a pan of oil on the hob and went to answer the door; it caught fire, and when someone threw water on it a ball of flame burst up and burnt the kitchen. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/17/) — A boy in Leeds poked a knife into a toaster to get bread out; he got an electric shock and was lucky not to be badly hurt. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/18/) — Water on a burning oil pan makes a fireball; you turn off the heat and cover it with a lid or fire blanket if an adult can do it safely, or get out and call for help. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/19/) — Putting metal into a toaster while it is plugged in can give you an electric shock. - ← previous: [Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/106-kitchen-floors-food-safety-and-the-microwave/) - next →: [Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)