--- title: Taking care of your things and money — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Taking care of your things and money», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Money is a way of swapping your work, or a gift, for things you need or want. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/) [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/) / Taking care of your things and money # Taking care of your things and money Lesson 37 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/37-things-and-money/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/0/) — Money is a way of swapping your work, or a gift, for things you need or want. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/2/) — A need is something you must have to live and be well, like food, clothes and a home. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/3/) — A want is something nice to have, like a new game or sweets. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/4/) — Sensible people pay for needs first. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/5/) — Saving means keeping some money now so you can buy something bigger later. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/6/) — If you put money in a bank savings account, the bank pays you a little extra called interest. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/7/) — For example, a girl in Denver gets $5 pocket money a week and wants a $40 skateboard. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/8/) — If she saves all of it, she needs 8 weeks; if she saves $4 a week and spends $1, she needs 10 weeks. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/9/) — Looking after your things is like saving money too: a bike kept dry and oiled, a coat with your name in it and a phone in a case all last longer and do not need to be bought again. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/10/) — A boy in London left his bike unlocked outside a shop for one minute; when he came out it was gone, and it was never found. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/11/) — A girl in Canada got a message saying she had won a prize and only needed her parent's card number; she typed it in, and money was stolen from her family's account. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/12/) — A need is something you must have, such as food, clothes or a home. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/13/) — A want is something nice to have but not necessary, such as a toy or sweets. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/14/) — Saving means putting money aside now to use later. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/15/) — A bank pays you interest, a little extra money, for keeping savings with it. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/16/) — A budget is a plan for how you will spend and save your money. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/17/) — Adverts are made to make you want things, even things you do not need. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/18/) — Comparing prices before you buy can save money. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/19/) — A bigger pack is not always cheaper per item, so you compare the price of one item. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/20/) — Labelling your things with your name helps them come back if they are lost. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/21/) — Things that are cared for, cleaned and stored properly last much longer, while metal things left out in the rain go rusty and wear out sooner. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/22/) — Your change is the money given back when you pay with more than the price. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/23/) — Unlocked bikes and phones left on show are stolen every day, often in seconds. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/24/) — Messages promising free prizes for card numbers or passwords are scams that steal money. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/37-things-and-money/25/) — Money stolen by a scam is often gone for good and cannot be got back. - ← previous: [Calling emergency services well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/) - next →: [Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)