--- title: Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needing glasses — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needing glasses», 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/) [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/) / Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bu… # Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needing glasses Lesson 318 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 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/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/0/) — Your body needs water to work well. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/1/) — When you are thirsty, water is the best drink, and you need more on hot days and when you run about. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/2/) — Small injuries have simple first aid. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/3/) — A cut is washed, pressed and covered; a bruise gets a wrapped cold pack; a burn is cooled under cool running water for 20 minutes. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/4/) — Some injuries look small but need an adult. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/5/) — After a hard knock on the head, tell an adult even if you feel fine, because a head injury needs watching for a while. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/6/) — Bodies grow at their own pace, and eyes are different too. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/7/) — If you cannot read the board at school, tell a teacher and a parent: an eye test may show you need glasses. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/8/) — When you are thirsty, drink water; children need about six to eight cups a day, and more when it is hot or they are active. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/9/) — Your body needs water to work well. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/10/) — For a small cut or scraped knee, wash it with clean water, press with a clean cloth to stop the bleeding, then cover it with a plaster or bandage. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/11/) — Cleaning a cut stops infection, and covering it keeps dirt out. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/12/) — For a bruise, put a cold pack wrapped in a cloth on it for a few minutes, because cold reduces swelling and pain. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/13/) — Never put ice straight on the skin; wrap it in a cloth first. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/14/) — After hitting your head hard, tell an adult even if you feel fine, because a head injury needs watching. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/15/) — If you touch something hot, cool the burn under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell an adult. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/16/) — Cooling a burn stops it going deeper into the skin; ice, butter and creams do not help. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/17/) — Everyone grows at their own pace, and growth spurts come at different ages. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/18/) — If you cannot see the board at school, tell a teacher and a parent, because you may need an eye test. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/19/) — A girl in Colorado's scraped knee was not cleaned after a fall; a few days later it was red, hot and swollen, and she needed antibiotics. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/20/) — A boy in Australia did not drink anything on a long, hot hike; he got a headache, felt sick and nearly fainted before his mum gave him water in the shade. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/21/) — A dirty cut can get infected, turning red, hot and swollen. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/22/) — In hot weather the body loses lots of water as sweat, and not drinking can make you very ill. - ← previous: [Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food/) - next →: [Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)