--- title: Caring for pets — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Caring for pets», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A pet depends on you for everything it needs: the right food, fresh clean water every day, a clean place to live, exercise, company and gentle handling. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/) [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/) / Caring for pets # Caring for pets Lesson 27 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 20 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/27-caring-for-pets/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/0/) — A pet depends on you for everything it needs: the right food, fresh clean water every day, a clean place to live, exercise, company and gentle handling. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/1/) — Every kind of animal needs its own kind of care: a dog needs walks, a rabbit needs hay, space and a rabbit friend, a hamster sleeps in the day and is awake at night, and a fish needs a clean tank, not a tiny bowl. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/2/) — Some human foods are poisonous to pets: chocolate, grapes, raisins, onions and sweets with xylitol can make a dog very ill, and lilies are deadly to cats. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/3/) — Pets need a vet for check-ups, vaccinations and whenever they seem ill, hurt, stop eating or act strangely. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/4/) — Kindness means handling animals gently, never teasing them, letting them rest, and remembering that a pet is a promise for its whole life, not a toy for a few weeks. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/5/) — A family in Texas left their dog in the car for ten minutes on a warm day; the car heated up like an oven, and the dog collapsed from the heat. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/6/) — A boy in Leeds gave his dog chocolate as a treat; the dog was sick, shaking and had to go to the vet. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/7/) — Pets need fresh, clean water every day. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/8/) — Each kind of pet needs its own kind of food. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/9/) — Chocolate, grapes, raisins and onions can poison dogs. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/10/) — Lilies are very poisonous to cats, even the pollen. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/11/) — A vet is an animal doctor who gives check-ups, treatment and vaccinations (injections that protect a pet from serious diseases). - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/12/) — Rabbits need lots of hay, room to hop and usually another rabbit for company. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/13/) — Hamsters are awake at night and should not be woken up in the day. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/14/) — Rabbits must never be picked up by their ears. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/15/) — Dogs need daily walks and exercise. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/16/) — A pet that stops eating or acts strangely may be ill and should see a vet. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/17/) — Teasing an animal is unkind and can teach it to bite or scratch. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/18/) — Some pets live a long time: cats and dogs often live 10 to 15 years or more. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/19/) — Chocolate, grapes and raisins can poison dogs. - ← previous: [Wild animals: keep away, never feed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/26-wild-animals/) - next →: [Farm animals and horses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/28-farm-animals-and-horses/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)