--- title: Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues and tipping — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues and tipping», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: On a pavement next to a busy road, a small child can suddenly dart towards the road, so an older c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/) [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/) / Walking, seat belts, buses, airports,… # Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues and tipping Lesson 331 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 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/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/0/) — On a pavement next to a busy road, a small child can suddenly dart towards the road, so an older child holds his hand and walks on the side nearer the traffic, keeping him on the side away from the cars. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/1/) — A seat belt only protects you when it sits in the right place: the lap belt low across the hips and the shoulder belt across the chest and shoulder, never across the neck or behind the back. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/2/) — A bike helmet protects only when it fits: snug, level on the head, about two fingers above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/3/) — A big truck or lorry has blind spots where the driver cannot see a bike at all, so a cyclist never rides up the inside of a truck at a junction. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/6/) — In a sit-down restaurant in the USA people usually leave a tip of about 15 to 20 percent, because tips are part of a waiter's pay there; on a $40 bill that is about $6 to $8. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/7/) — Small children can dart into the road without warning, so hold a little brother's hand and keep him on the side away from the traffic. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/8/) — The lap belt goes low across the hips and the shoulder belt across the chest and shoulder, not the neck. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/9/) — A seat belt in the wrong place can hurt you in a crash instead of protecting you. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/10/) — Have the fare, a travel card or a contactless card ready before getting on the bus; it keeps the line moving. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/11/) — At airport security, liquids go in small containers inside a small clear bag, and you follow the officers' instructions. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/12/) — Security checks at airports keep flights safe. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/13/) — You cannot travel to another country without a passport, so keep it safe and with an adult. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/14/) — A bike helmet should be snug, level on the head, just above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled; a loose helmet does not protect. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/15/) — The driver of a truck or lorry cannot see a cyclist in its blind spots, and a truck may turn across the inside lane at a junction; if you cannot see the driver's face in the truck's mirror, the driver cannot see you either. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/16/) — With a puncture far from home, walk the bike home or call a parent; you can learn to fix it later at home. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/17/) — Waiting your turn in a queue is fair, and pushing in is rude. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/18/) — In the USA people usually tip about 15 to 20 percent in a sit-down restaurant, because tips are part of the waiter's pay. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/19/) — A boy in Florida let go of his little brother's hand at a car park; the toddler ran between parked cars and a reversing car only just stopped in time. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/20/) — A girl in Scotland sat in the front seat without a booster; in a crash the belt cut across her neck and she was badly bruised. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/21/) — Small children are hard for drivers to see between parked cars, and many are hit in car parks. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/22/) — Booster seats lift a child so the seat belt sits on the strong bones of the hips and chest; a child needs one until the belt fits properly without it. - ← previous: [Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a classmate with no lunch, learning to cook, pocket money, southern seasons, jobs and salaries, and festivals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals/) - next →: [Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)