--- title: Sharing, sleep and safe food — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Sharing, sleep and safe food», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Colds, flu and cold sores spread through spit, so you drink from your own cup or bottle and do not share one with a friend. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/) [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/) / Sharing, sleep and safe food # Sharing, sleep and safe food Lesson 209 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/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/0/) — Colds, flu and cold sores spread through spit, so you drink from your own cup or bottle and do not share one with a friend. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/2/) — Food can be dangerous in hidden ways: dirt on unwashed fruit, a food a friend is allergic to, or a whole grape that can block a small child's airway. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/3/) — A girl in Melbourne cuts grapes lengthways for her little brother, because small round food can get stuck in a small child's throat. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/4/) — Some old rules are myths: you can swim after a normal meal, perhaps waiting a little after a very big one. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/5/) — You use your own cup or bottle, because colds, flu and cold sores spread through spit. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/6/) — When dressing, underwear goes on first, then clothes, then socks and shoes. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/7/) — Screens are put away about an hour before sleep and kept out of the bedroom. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/8/) — The light and excitement of screens make it harder to fall asleep. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/9/) — If you cannot fall asleep, you lie quietly, breathe slowly or read a calm book. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/10/) — A dark, quiet and cool bedroom helps deep sleep. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/11/) — Fruit and vegetables are washed before eating, as they may have dirt or chemicals on them. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/12/) — You share a friend's lunch only if neither of you has allergies and adults agree, because some foods are dangerous for people with allergies. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/13/) — A healthy snack between meals, such as fruit, yoghurt or nuts if you are not allergic, keeps your energy steady. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/14/) — Grapes are cut lengthways for small children, because small round food can block a small child's airway. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/15/) — There is no good evidence that swimming after a normal meal causes drowning; the real safety rule is to swim only where an adult is watching. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/16/) — A boy in Texas ate chicken from a picnic that had sat in the sun for hours; that night he was sick again and again and needed a doctor because he could not keep water down. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/17/) — A girl in England stayed up on her tablet till two in the morning before a school trip; next day she was so tired she fell asleep on the bus and missed most of the museum. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/18/) — Food such as meat, rice and dairy left warm for more than a couple of hours can grow germs that cause food poisoning, so leftovers go in the fridge once they have cooled. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/19/) — Children who do not sleep enough find it hard to think, get cross more easily and are more likely to have accidents. - ← previous: [Teeth, nails, baths and toilets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/) - next →: [First aid, medicine and the sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)