--- title: Holidays of the region — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Holidays of the region», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some holidays are for fun, like Halloween, but fun in the dark and near fireworks needs safety rules: an adult with you, organised displays and no --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/) [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/) / Holidays of the region # Holidays of the region Lesson 265 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/265-holidays-of-the-region/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/1/) — Some holidays are for fun, like Halloween, but fun in the dark and near fireworks needs safety rules: an adult with you, organised displays and no fireworks in a child's hands. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/2/) — Other days are quiet and serious, like Remembrance Day and Anzac Day, when people stand still and silent to remember the soldiers who died in wars. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/3/) — Classmates may celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Eid, Hanukkah or Lunar New Year, and every family's traditions deserve the same respect. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/4/) — A girl in Ohio goes trick-or-treating with her dad, knocks only where the porch light is on, and lets him check her sweets before she eats any. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/5/) — On Halloween, 31 October, children go trick-or-treating with an adult, because it is dark and there is traffic, and visit only houses with their lights on. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/6/) — Treats from trick-or-treating are checked by an adult before they are eaten. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/7/) — Bonfire Night in the UK is on 5 November, and fireworks are best watched at organised displays, where trained people let them off while the crowd stands well back; a firework found on the ground afterwards may still go off, so leave it and tell an adult. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/8/) — Fireworks and sparklers can cause bad burns; a sparkler burns much hotter than a candle flame. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/9/) — Children never touch fireworks or sparklers on the Fourth of July or any day without an adult supervising; a sparkler is held in a gloved hand at arm's length. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/10/) — St Patrick's Day, 17 March, is Ireland's national day, honouring its patron saint (the saint believed to look after the country) with parades and green clothes. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/11/) — Anzac Day, 25 April, in Australia and New Zealand remembers the soldiers who died in wars, with dawn services and a minute's silence. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/12/) — Remembrance Day, 11 November, honours those who died in wars with a two-minute silence, and many people wear a red poppy. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/13/) — During a memorial silence you stand still and stay quiet. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/15/) — When classmates celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Eid, Hanukkah or Lunar New Year, you are respectful of their traditions. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/16/) — Presents are received with gratitude, and not every family can afford many presents. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/17/) — A boy in Florida held a lit sparkler and waved it near his sister's dress on the Fourth of July; the dress caught fire, and she had burns on her leg. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/18/) — A girl in England put her Christmas tree lights next to curtains; they overheated and started a small fire that filled the room with smoke. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/19/) — Sparklers burn hotter than a cooking flame and are one of the main causes of firework injuries in children. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/20/) — Holiday decorations, candles and lights cause many house fires every year. - ← previous: [Routines, screen time and earning money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/264-routines-screens-and-earning/) - next →: [Walking on the pavement and crossing roads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/266-walking-and-crossing-roads/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)