--- title: Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: When you play hard on a hot day, your body loses water and salt in sweat; if you get dizzy, sick, very tired or get a headache, that can --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/) [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/) / Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes # Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes Lesson 252 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/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/0/) — When you play hard on a hot day, your body loses water and salt in sweat; if you get dizzy, sick, very tired or get a headache, that can be heat exhaustion, and you stop, rest in the shade, drink water and tell an adult. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/1/) — Heat exhaustion that is ignored can turn into heat stroke, which is an emergency: the person becomes confused or faints, and an adult calls the emergency number. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/3/) — Shared helmets, gloves and hats can pass on germs and head lice, so they are cleaned between users. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/4/) — A girl in Florida playing outside at dusk puts on long sleeves and insect repellent, because that is when mosquitoes bite most, and in some places they carry diseases. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/5/) — Heat exhaustion can make you dizzy, sick, very tired and give you a headache. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/6/) — With signs of heat exhaustion you rest in the shade, drink water and tell an adult. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/7/) — Heat exhaustion can lead to heat stroke, which is an emergency. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/8/) — Drinking water before and during sport on hot days helps prevent heat exhaustion. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/9/) — Sports shoes should fit and suit the sport, because wrong shoes cause slips and injuries. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/10/) — Shared helmets and gloves are cleaned between users, because shared gear can spread germs and head lice. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/11/) — Before using equipment, you look for cracks, loose parts and broken straps. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/12/) — Broken gear causes injuries, so it is not used until it is mended or replaced. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/13/) — Many mosquitoes bite most at dusk (when it gets dark in the evening) and dawn (when it gets light in the morning). - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/14/) — Repellent or long sleeves protect you from mosquito bites. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/15/) — In some places mosquitoes carry diseases. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/16/) — A boy in Arizona played baseball all afternoon in the heat and drank almost nothing; he collapsed with heatstroke and was taken to hospital. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/17/) — A girl in Florida did not use bug spray at dusk; she got many mosquito bites and later became ill with a fever the doctors linked to them. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/18/) — Heatstroke is an emergency: a child who is hot, confused or stops sweating needs to be cooled and get help at once. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/19/) — Mosquitoes can spread diseases such as West Nile virus and dengue in some places, so spray, long sleeves and nets matter. - ← previous: [Younger children, losing and practising](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/) - next →: [Getting ready for school and the school day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)