--- title: Time, routines and sleep — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Time, routines and sleep», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A routine is the same set of steps done in the same order every day, like getting up, washing, dressing, eating breakfast and packing your bag. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/) [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/) / Time, routines and sleep # Time, routines and sleep Lesson 39 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 26 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/39-time-and-routines/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/0/) — A routine is the same set of steps done in the same order every day, like getting up, washing, dressing, eating breakfast and packing your bag. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/1/) — Because you do not have to decide each step, routines save time and stop you forgetting things. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/2/) — Sleep is when your body grows and repairs itself and your brain sorts and stores what you learned. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/3/) — Children aged 6 to 12 need about 9 to 12 hours of sleep each night. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/4/) — Your body has an inner clock that likes regular times. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/5/) — Going to bed and getting up at about the same time every day, even at weekends, makes it easier to fall asleep and to wake up. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/6/) — For example, a boy in Atlanta must leave for school at 7:45. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/7/) — Breakfast takes 20 minutes and washing and dressing take 25 minutes, so he must get up by 7:00. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/8/) — Planning backward from the time you must leave is the trick. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/9/) — Bright screens and exciting games just before bed keep the brain alert, so it is wise to put them away about an hour before sleep. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/10/) — Big homework jobs are easier broken into small parts done on different days. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/11/) — A boy in Texas stayed up past midnight every school night; he got grumpy, forgot things, and fell off his bike because he was too tired to concentrate. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/12/) — A girl in Dublin always left in a rush and ran across the road to catch the bus; one morning she nearly stepped in front of a van. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/13/) — A routine is a set of steps done in the same order every day. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/14/) — Routines save time and help you remember things. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/15/) — Children aged 6 to 12 need about 9 to 12 hours of sleep each night. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/16/) — During sleep the body grows and repairs itself and the brain stores what you have learned. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/17/) — Going to bed and getting up at regular times helps the body's inner clock. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/18/) — Bright screens and exciting games before bed make it harder to fall asleep. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/19/) — You should brush your teeth for about two minutes, twice a day. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/20/) — To be on time, you plan backward from the time you have to leave. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/21/) — A big task is easier when it is broken into smaller parts done over several days. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/22/) — There are 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/23/) — Packing your bag the night before saves time in the morning. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/24/) — Adults usually need about 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night, so children need more sleep than adults. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/25/) — Tired, rushed people make more mistakes and have more accidents. - ← previous: [Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/) - next →: [Thinking it through: the science behind home safety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/40-home-safety-reasoning/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)