--- title: Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Many dangers at home are quiet ones: a blender that --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/) [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/) / Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves,… # Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks Lesson 322 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/0/) — Many dangers at home are quiet ones: a blender that looks stopped can start again if it is still plugged in, and a loose sleeve can catch fire over a gas flame. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/1/) — Cold can stick: wet skin freezes to very cold metal or a lolly straight from the freezer, and it tears when you pull away, so let frozen things warm a little and never put your tongue on frozen metal. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/2/) — Plugs are different in different countries: three square pins in the UK and Ireland, two flat pins in the USA and Canada, slanted pins in Australia and New Zealand. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/3/) — On holiday use a proper travel adaptor and never force a plug. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/4/) — Medicine is never candy: children's medicines have special doses, adult medicines can harm children, and a grown-up must always give them. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/5/) — In a fire, leave everything, even your tablet or your pet, get out and tell the firefighters about the pet. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/6/) — Example: a boy in Manchester hears that his toddler sister has gone very quiet in the next room. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/7/) — He goes to look and finds her with a bottle of shampoo, which he gives to his mum. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/8/) — Before touching anything inside a blocked blender, switch it off and unplug it. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/9/) — Never put your hand or a spoon into a blender while it is running; the blades are very sharp. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/10/) — Roll up long sleeves and tie back long hair before cooking, because they can catch fire or drag a pan. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/11/) — Wet skin can freeze and stick to very cold metal or ice, and it tears when you pull away. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/13/) — Forcing a plug into the wrong socket can damage it and cause an electric shock; use a proper travel adaptor. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/14/) — Never throw or drop anything from a balcony; even a small object falling from high up can badly hurt someone. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/15/) — A toddler who has gone quiet is often getting into something dangerous, so go and check. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/16/) — Medicine should be called medicine, not sweets or candy, so children do not go looking for more. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/17/) — Only a grown-up should give medicine; children's medicines have special doses, and adult medicines can harm children. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/18/) — In a fire, leave everything behind and get out; never go back in, and tell firefighters about any pets inside. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/19/) — Fireworks and sparklers burn very hot: watch from a safe distance, never pick up a used firework (an adult soaks one that did not go off in water), and put finished sparklers in water. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/20/) — A boy in England dropped a small bottle from a fifth-floor balcony to see it fall; it hit a man on the pavement below and cut his head. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/21/) — A teenager in Australia held a lit firework in his hand; it went off too soon and he lost part of a finger. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/22/) — A small object dropped from high up hits hard enough to hurt or kill someone below. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/23/) — Fireworks cause many burns and injuries to hands and eyes every year. - ← previous: [Helping in the kitchen, bathroom privacy, screen time, playing fair and growing at your own speed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/321-kitchen-help-privacy-screens-fair-play-and-growing/) - next →: [Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)