--- title: Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Small habits at home add up: switching things off at the wall, taking short showers and deciding what you want before openin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/) [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/) / Saving energy, pets at home and the ba… # Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom Lesson 118 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/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/0/) — Small habits at home add up: switching things off at the wall, taking short showers and deciding what you want before opening the fridge all save energy, water and money. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/2/) — For example, chocolate, grapes, raisins and onions can make a dog very ill, and even a little pollen or water from a vase of lilies can kill a cat. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/3/) — The bathroom has its own good habits: your own toothbrush, the toilet lid down, hot hair tools switched off and the fan on after a steamy bath. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/4/) — TVs and other machines on standby still use electricity, so they are switched off at the wall when not in use. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/5/) — Short showers save water and the energy that heats it. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/6/) — Holding the fridge door open lets cold air out and makes the fridge warm up. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/7/) — Chocolate, grapes, raisins and onions are poisonous to dogs. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/8/) — Lilies are deadly to cats, even in small amounts. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/9/) — A hamster cage door must be closed every time, or the hamster can escape and get lost or hurt. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/10/) — Toddlers sometimes eat pet food from bowls on the floor and can choke or get ill. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/11/) — Putting the toilet seat down and closing the lid is polite, and stops toddlers falling in. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/12/) — Each person uses only their own toothbrush, because sharing spreads germs. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/13/) — Hair straighteners get very hot, so they are switched off and put on a heat mat. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/14/) — Steam in a bathroom makes damp, and damp grows mould, black spots on walls and ceilings, so the fan is turned on and the door opened after. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/15/) — A girl in Texas tried to hug a neighbour's dog while it was eating; it bit her face, and she needed stitches. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/16/) — A teenager in Texas used a plugged-in hair dryer next to a full bath; it fell into the water, she got an electric shock and was taken to hospital. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/17/) — Most dog bites to children come from a dog they know, often at home. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/18/) — Leave a dog alone while it eats, because even a friendly dog may bite to guard its food. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/19/) — A deep cat scratch should be washed and shown to an adult, because it can get infected. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/20/) — Electric heaters, hair dryers and plugged-in things must never be near a bath or sink of water. - ← previous: [Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/) - next →: [Bedroom, living room and manners at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)