--- title: Lifting and carrying heavy things — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Lifting and carrying heavy things», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Your back is strong, but bending over with straight legs to lift something heavy puts a big strain on it; your leg muscles are much str --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/) [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/) / Lifting and carrying heavy things # Lifting and carrying heavy things Lesson 3 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/3-lifting-and-carrying/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/0/) — Your back is strong, but bending over with straight legs to lift something heavy puts a big strain on it; your leg muscles are much stronger and are made for the job. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/1/) — To lift well: stand close to the object with your feet apart, bend your knees, keep your back straight, hold the object close to your body and stand up using your legs. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/2/) — Turn by moving your feet, not by twisting your back, and put the load down the same way, bending your knees. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/3/) — The farther a heavy thing is from your body, the harder it pulls on your back, just as a full bucket is easier to hold against your tummy than at arm's length. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/4/) — If something is too heavy, ask an adult or a friend to help, or use a trolley; a girl in Phoenix moving a big bag of soil asks her dad to take one end instead of dragging it alone. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/5/) — A boy in Manchester tried to lift a full box of books by bending his back with straight legs; something pulled in his lower back and he could not play football for weeks. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/6/) — A girl in Sydney carried a huge backpack on one shoulder every day for months; her shoulder and back began to ache, and the school nurse helped her pack it lighter and wear both straps. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/7/) — Your leg muscles are some of the strongest muscles in your body. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/8/) — To lift something heavy, bend your knees and keep your back straight. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/9/) — Holding a load close to your body makes it easier to carry and safer for your back. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/10/) — Twisting your back while holding something heavy can hurt it; turn with your feet instead. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/12/) — A trolley, a cart or wheels can move heavy things without lifting them. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/13/) — A school backpack should be worn on both shoulders. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/14/) — Heavy books are best packed close to your back in a backpack. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/15/) — A backpack that is too heavy makes you lean forward and can make your back and shoulders hurt. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/16/) — Two light bags, one in each hand, are easier to carry than one heavy bag in one hand. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/17/) — Back injuries from lifting wrongly can take weeks or months to heal. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/18/) — If your back starts to hurt while you lift or carry, stop at once and tell an adult; pain is a warning, not a sign of getting stronger. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/19/) — A school backpack should weigh no more than about a tenth to a seventh of your body weight. - ← previous: [Balance and falling well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/) - next →: [Climbing trees and playgrounds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/4-climbing/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)