--- title: Baths, water at home and doors — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Baths, water at home and doors», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Water at home can scald, make floors slippery, block pipes and flood rooms, so a few simple habits keep everyone safe and dry. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/) [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/) / Baths, water at home and doors # Baths, water at home and doors Lesson 109 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/109-baths-water-and-doors/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/0/) — Water at home can scald, make floors slippery, block pipes and flood rooms, so a few simple habits keep everyone safe and dry. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/2/) — Doors are heavy levers: the hinge side crushes fingers, slammed doors trap hands and break glass, and fire doors hold back smoke. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/4/) — Run cold water first, then add hot, and test the bath with your elbow before getting in. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/5/) — Step onto a mat and hold the side when getting out of the bath, because wet surfaces are very slippery. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/6/) — If a bath or sink overflows, turn off the tap, pull the plug, keep away from electrical things and tell a grown-up. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/7/) — Water from an overflowing bath can leak through the floor into the ceiling below and onto electrical wiring. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/8/) — A dripping tap wastes a lot of water over days, so tell a grown-up. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/9/) — Empty buckets after use, because a toddler can fall headfirst into one and drown. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/10/) — If the toilet is blocked, stop flushing, because flushing again makes it overflow. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/11/) — Only toilet paper goes down the toilet, never wipes (even ones labelled flushable), toys or cotton buds, because they do not break up and they block the pipes. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/12/) — If a pipe bursts, tell a grown-up at once; turning off the stopcock or main water valve stops the flood. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/13/) — Close doors gently, because slamming can trap fingers, break glass and scare people. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/14/) — Check around a door before closing it, because the hinge side crushes fingers badly. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/15/) — Open doors slowly and look through any glass, so you do not hit someone on the other side. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/16/) — Little children should not lock the bathroom door, so that grown-ups can get in if they are ill or stuck. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/17/) — Fire doors must stay closed to stop smoke and fire spreading. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/18/) — Slow down near glass doors and look for stickers on them, because people walk into clean glass and it can break and cut. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/19/) — A toddler in Florida was left in the bath for a moment while his mum answered the phone; he slipped under, and she pulled him out coughing just in time. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/20/) — A boy in Leeds slammed a door on his sister's fingers during a game; her fingertip was crushed and she needed a hospital visit. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/21/) — Small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds and without a sound. - ← previous: [Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/) - next →: [Windows, balconies and furniture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)