--- title: Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Your body needs water to work well, so drink water through the day, about six to eight cups, and more when it i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/) [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/) / Water, small injuries, hay fever, grow… # Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight Lesson 290 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 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/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/0/) — Your body needs water to work well, so drink water through the day, about six to eight cups, and more when it is hot or you are running about. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/1/) — Small injuries need simple, correct care. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/2/) — A cut is washed with clean water, pressed with a clean cloth to stop bleeding and covered. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/3/) — A bruise is cooled with a cold pack wrapped in a cloth. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/4/) — A burn is cooled under cool running water for 20 minutes — not ice, not butter. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/6/) — She runs her hand under the cool tap at once and calls her dad, who keeps it under the water for twenty minutes. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/7/) — The cooling stops the burn going deeper. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/9/) — After a hard knock to the head you may feel fine, but an adult must know so they can watch you. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/10/) — If you cannot read the board, tell a teacher and a parent: you may need an eye test. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/11/) — Bodies are all different: children grow at their own pace, and growth spurts come at different ages. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/12/) — Your body needs water to work well; drink about six to eight cups a day, more when hot or active. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/13/) — A headache, a dry mouth or feeling dizzy on a hot day can mean your body needs water: drink water, rest in the shade and tell an adult. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/14/) — For a small cut or graze, wash it with clean water, press with a clean cloth to stop bleeding and cover it with a plaster or bandage. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/15/) — Cleaning a cut stops infection, and covering it keeps dirt out. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/16/) — For a bruise, put a cold pack wrapped in a cloth on it for a few minutes; cold reduces swelling and pain. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/17/) — If you hit your head hard, tell an adult even if you feel fine, because a head injury needs watching. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/18/) — Cool a burn under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell an adult; cooling stops the burn going deeper. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/19/) — Hay fever is caused by pollen and brings sneezing and itchy eyes. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/20/) — With hay fever, tell a parent, keep windows closed on high pollen days and wash your face after being outside. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/21/) — Everyone grows at their own pace, and growth spurts come at different ages. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/22/) — If you cannot see the board at school, tell a teacher and a parent, because you may need an eye test. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/23/) — A boy in Scotland bumped his head hard on a climbing frame, felt fine and said nothing; that evening he was sleepy and sick, and at hospital he was found to have a head injury. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/24/) — A girl in Texas put butter on a burn from a hot pan, as an old saying wrongly tells people to; the burn stayed hot and got worse, and it took weeks to heal. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/25/) — After a head bump, signs like sleepiness, being sick or a bad headache can appear hours later and need a doctor. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/26/) — Butter, oil and toothpaste keep the heat in a burn; cool running water for 20 minutes is what helps. - ← previous: [Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/) - next →: [Handling anger and everyday fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)