--- title: Home alone, keys and garden play — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Home alone, keys and garden play», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Being trusted to stay home alone for a short time is a step towards growing up, but it only works with a plan: a grown-up agrees, you kn --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/) [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/) / Home alone, keys and garden play # Home alone, keys and garden play Lesson 116 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 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/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/0/) — Being trusted to stay home alone for a short time is a step towards growing up, but it only works with a plan: a grown-up agrees, you know when they will be back and how to reach them, and you know what you may and may not do. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/1/) — The rules and advice about home alone differ from place to place, so it is always the grown-ups' decision, not the child's. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/2/) — A home also stays safe through small habits: closing the front door, keeping the hiding place of a spare key secret, and keeping a list of important numbers on the fridge. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/3/) — For example, a boy in Vancouver is home alone when he hears a bang; he stays in a safe room, calls his mum, and if he truly believed there was danger he would call 911. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/4/) — Garden fun has its own rules: one person at a time on a trampoline, stay away from a lit barbecue, and cover your arms near stinging nettles. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/5/) — A trampoline is safest with one person at a time, a safety net and no flips, because a bad landing can break bones or hurt the neck. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/6/) — A barbecue stays hot for hours, and fuel must never be squirted onto it because it flares up. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/7/) — Long sleeves keep nettles off your skin, and cool water or a dock leaf (a big soft leaf that often grows near nettles) can soothe a sting. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/8/) — Burglars check under doormats, so the hiding place of a spare key is kept secret. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/9/) — An open front door lets pets escape and strangers walk in. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/10/) — A child stays home alone only if a grown-up agrees and the child knows when they will be back and how to contact them. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/11/) — Laws and advice about leaving children home alone differ from place to place. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/12/) — When home alone, eat cold snacks and do not use the hob or oven unless you are allowed. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/13/) — Grown-ups decide who visits, so ask a parent before a friend comes over. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/14/) — If a noise scares you, stay somewhere safe and call a parent; if there is real danger, call the emergency number. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/15/) — An emergency list on the fridge keeps parents', a neighbour's and emergency numbers in one place. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/16/) — A boy in Ohio home alone opened the door to a man who said he was from the gas company; the man walked in and took things, and the boy was very frightened. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/17/) — A girl in Australia played on a trampoline with no net and another child jumping too; they collided and she broke her leg. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/18/) — Most trampoline injuries happen when more than one person is jumping. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/19/) — If you lose your key, do not climb in through a window; call a parent or go to a trusted neighbour. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/20/) — People who want to get into a home sometimes pretend to be workers or delivery drivers. - ← previous: [Fire, candles and garage and garden tools](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/) - next →: [Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)