--- title: Getting ready for school and the school day — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Getting ready for school and the school day», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A school day goes well when you are ready: you have eaten breakfast, you have the right things for today's timetable, and you --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/) [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/) / Getting ready for school and the schoo… # Getting ready for school and the school day Lesson 253 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 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/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/0/) — A school day goes well when you are ready: you have eaten breakfast, you have the right things for today's timetable, and you are on time when the bell rings. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/1/) — Many school rules exist so that adults always know where every child is: answering the register, asking to go to the toilet, and going back to the office if nobody comes to pick you up. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/2/) — Drills practise keeping safe: in a lockdown drill (practice for staying hidden inside when there may be danger outside the classroom) you stay silent and away from doors and windows; in an earthquake drill you drop, cover under a desk and hold on. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/3/) — If something is wrong, you tell an adult: a worry that makes you not want to go to school, or feeling ill in a lesson. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/4/) — A boy in Wellington hears the earthquake drill signal, drops under his desk, covers his head and holds on to the desk leg until his teacher says it is over. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/5/) — On PE day you wear or pack the sports clothes and trainers the school asks for and tie long hair back. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/6/) — If you do not want to go to school, you tell a parent honestly why, because a real problem can only be fixed if an adult knows. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/7/) — You eat at least something simple before school, because the brain needs food to concentrate. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/8/) — When the bell rings, you go straight to your line or classroom and get ready to listen. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/9/) — At the register (when the teacher calls out every name) you answer clearly, because the school must know which children are in the building in case of an emergency. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/10/) — You check the timetable the night before, so you bring the right things and know where to be. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/11/) — In corridors you walk on the correct side, do not run and keep your voice low. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/12/) — In a lockdown drill you stay silent, follow the teacher and keep away from doors and windows until told it is over. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/13/) — In an earthquake drill you drop, cover under a desk and hold on, because falling objects cause most injuries. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/14/) — If nobody comes to pick you up, you go back to the school office and tell a teacher; you never accept a lift you were not told about. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/15/) — Outside school you cross with the crossing guard or lollipop lady (a helper with a big round stop sign) and wait for their signal. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/16/) — If you feel ill in a lesson, you tell the teacher and ask to go to the nurse or office. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/17/) — To go to the toilet in a lesson, you ask politely and come back quickly. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/18/) — You follow the school rule on phones, usually keeping it switched off in your bag or handing it in. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/19/) — A boy in New Jersey called Ben skipped breakfast every morning; one day in PE he went dizzy, fainted and cut his chin on the gym floor. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/20/) — A girl in Scotland left late and dashed across the road to reach her bus; a car braked hard and missed her by a metre, and the driver was shaking. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/21/) — Children who skip breakfast find it harder to concentrate and can feel faint by mid-morning. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/22/) — Rushing because you are late is when many children run into roads without looking, so missing a bus is better than being hit. - ← previous: [Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/) - next →: [Classroom rules and homework](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)