--- title: Safe at lakes and beaches — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Safe at lakes and beaches», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Open water is very different from a swimming pool. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/) [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/) / Safe at lakes and beaches # Safe at lakes and beaches Lesson 232 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 26 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/232-lakes-and-beaches/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/0/) — Open water is very different from a swimming pool. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/1/) — Lakes can be freezing even in summer, distances are hard to judge, and the sea has tides, waves and animals. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/2/) — The safest place to swim at a beach is where lifeguards watch. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/4/) — In a boat or canoe you always wear a life jacket that fits. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/5/) — Many sea creatures are beautiful but should be left alone: some, like the cone shell and the blue-ringed octopus in Australia, can kill with their venom, and others, like crabs in rock pools, die if kept out of water. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/6/) — Example: a boy in Cornwall shuffles his feet as he walks in the shallow water. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/7/) — A weever fish buried in the sand feels him coming and swims off instead of stinging him. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/8/) — Cold water makes you gasp and tires your muscles fast, so get in slowly, stay near the shore and get out if you shiver. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/9/) — In a boat or canoe always wear a life jacket that fits and stay seated, because boats can tip over and a life jacket keeps you afloat even when you are tired or hurt. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/10/) — Blue-green scum on a lake can be poisonous algae, so do not swim and keep dogs out. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/11/) — Only swim as far as you can easily swim back, with a grown-up watching, because distances in water are hard to judge. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/12/) — At beaches with lifeguards, swim between the red and yellow flags, the area they watch. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/13/) — Keep sand holes no deeper than your knees and never dig tunnels, because sand collapses and can bury a person. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/14/) — Know the tide times; the rising sea can cut you off on rocks, sandbanks or around cliffs. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/15/) — Shuffle your feet and wear water shoes to warn weever fish and stingrays away; ease a sting in hot, but not scalding, water and get help. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/16/) — Where crocodiles may live, as in northern Australia, never swim and keep away from the water's edge. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/17/) — When a shark is sighted, get out of the water and follow the lifeguards. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/18/) — Put back shells with animals inside and rock pool creatures, because they need their homes and water. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/19/) — Never pick up a cone shell or blue-ringed octopus; they are small and pretty but deadly. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/20/) — Do not touch strange metal objects, drums or flares on the beach; tell a grown-up or lifeguard. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/21/) — Keep far away from seals and sea lions resting on the beach and keep dogs on a lead, because they can bite. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/22/) — A boy of nine swam out past the flags at Bondi; the rip pulled him out and lifeguards could not reach him in time. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/23/) — A girl in Michigan swam out to a raft in a lake; halfway she got tired and cold and went under, and a man in a boat pulled her out just in time. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/24/) — Drowning is quick and silent: a drowning child often cannot shout or wave. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/25/) — A rip is a strong current that pulls swimmers out to sea; if one catches you, float, stay calm, raise a hand and swim sideways, along the beach, not straight back. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/26/) — Lakes are colder and deeper than they look, and swimmers can get tired far from shore. - ← previous: [Campfires, cold nights and rivers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/) - next →: [The sea, waves and swimming pools](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/233-sea-and-pools/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)