--- title: Clocks, calendars and planning the day — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Clocks, calendars and planning the day», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: On an analogue clock (a clock with hands) the short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes; each number on the fa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/) [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/) / Clocks, calendars and planning the day # Clocks, calendars and planning the day Lesson 263 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 18 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/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/0/) — On an analogue clock (a clock with hands) the short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes; each number on the face stands for 5 minutes, so the long hand on 4 means 20 minutes past. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/1/) — With daylight saving time, clocks go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn: «spring forward, fall back»; because the seasons are opposite south of the equator, Australia and New Zealand change on different dates from the USA and the UK. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/4/) — A girl in Belfast plans her free Saturday: jobs first, then fun; she times her room tidying once and learns it takes 25 minutes, not the 5 she guessed. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/5/) — On an analogue clock the short hand shows the hour, the long hand shows the minutes, and each number means 5 minutes. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/6/) — For daylight saving time clocks go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn: «spring forward, fall back». - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/8/) — «Thirty days has September, April, June and November»; February has 28 days, or 29 in a leap year (every fourth year), and the other months have 31. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/9/) — In Australia and New Zealand summer is December to February, and Christmas is in summer. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/11/) — A family calendar shows everyone what is planned, so events do not clash. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/12/) — Australia and New Zealand have four school terms a year, the UK and Ireland three, and many US schools two semesters. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/13/) — A timer or alarm reminds you when you must go home. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/14/) — The sun sets much earlier in winter than in summer, so «home by dusk» (home by the time it gets dark) changes with the seasons. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/15/) — In a free day, doing jobs first lets you enjoy the fun without worry. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/16/) — Most people think jobs are quicker than they really are, so timing them once helps you plan. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/18/) — A boy in Colorado set off on a hike at three in the afternoon in winter; darkness came at five, he lost the trail and had to be found by a rescue team. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/19/) — A girl in Australia called Mia forgot to check the time and missed the last bus home from town; she was stuck at the stop after dark until her parents could drive out. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/20/) — In winter it gets dark early, and walks that start late can end in the dark, cold and lost. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/21/) — Checking times and planning ahead stops you being stranded alone at night. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/22/) — If you are ever stuck alone after dark, phone your parent, or the emergency number if you feel unsafe; never walk off alone or take a lift from a stranger. - ← previous: [Prices, change, borrowing and lending](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/) - next →: [Routines, screen time and earning money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/264-routines-screens-and-earning/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)