--- title: Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A kitchen is full of hidden dangers: a knife under soapy bubbles cannot be seen, a blender's blades can start again while it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-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/) / Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and… # Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors Lesson 217 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/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/0/) — A kitchen is full of hidden dangers: a knife under soapy bubbles cannot be seen, a blender's blades can start again while it is plugged in, and loose sleeves or long hair can catch on a flame or a pan handle. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/1/) — Very cold things can hurt too: wet skin freezes onto frozen metal or an ice lolly straight from the freezer, and a can of drink left in the freezer can burst because water grows bigger when it freezes. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/2/) — Water and mains electricity must never meet; in the UK and Ireland bathrooms have pull-cord light switches for exactly this reason. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/3/) — Plugs are different around the world, so travellers use a proper travel adaptor instead of forcing a plug in. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/4/) — A girl in Sydney reaches into the washing-up for a spoon and finds a sharp knife instead; since then, her family washes knives separately and puts them away at once. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/5/) — Never leave a knife in soapy water or reach into water where a knife may be hidden. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/6/) — Before touching inside a blender, switch it off and unplug it. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/7/) — Never put hands or a spoon into a blender while it is running. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/8/) — To reach a high cupboard, use a steady step stool or ask someone tall, never a wheeled chair or the counter edge. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/9/) — Roll up sleeves and tie back long hair before cooking. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/10/) — You walk, never run, in the kitchen, because of knives, hot pans and slippery floors. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/11/) — Wet skin can freeze and stick to frozen metal or a very cold ice lolly. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/13/) — Never use mains electrical things like a hair dryer near a full bath or sink. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/14/) — The UK and Ireland use plugs with three square pins, the USA and Canada two flat pins, and Australia and New Zealand slanted pins. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/15/) — Abroad, you use a proper travel adaptor rather than forcing a plug. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/16/) — Open swinging doors slowly and look through the glass if there is any, in case someone is behind. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/17/) — A toddler in Kentucky pulled on a kettle cord that hung over the counter; boiling water spilled on him and he had serious burns that needed weeks in hospital. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/18/) — A boy in England poked a knife into a toaster to free a stuck slice while it was still plugged in; he got an electric shock that threw him back, and he was lucky not to be killed. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/20/) — Metal in a plugged-in toaster or socket can give a shock that stops the heart. - ← previous: [Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness/) - next →: [Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)