--- title: Swimming basics and water confidence — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Swimming basics and water confidence», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Being confident in water starts with small skills: putting your face in and blowing bubbles, floating on your back, and getting back --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/) [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/) / Swimming basics and water confidence # Swimming basics and water confidence Lesson 7 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/7-swimming-and-water/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/0/) — Being confident in water starts with small skills: putting your face in and blowing bubbles, floating on your back, and getting back to the edge on your own. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/1/) — Floating on your back with your arms and legs spread, ears in the water and tummy up, lets you rest and breathe without using much energy, so it is the first thing to do if you get tired or scared. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/3/) — A rip current is a strong stream of water flowing out from the beach; if one carries you, do not fight it: float, raise an arm and shout for help, or swim along the beach until you are out of it. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/4/) — If someone else is in trouble, do not jump in after them: call for help, then reach out with a stick or throw them something that floats; a boy in Sydney throws a body board to his sister and shouts to the lifeguard. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/5/) — A boy of nine swam out past the flags at Bondi; the rip pulled him out and the lifeguards could not reach him in time. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/6/) — A girl in Arizona slipped into a backyard pool when no adult was watching; her mum was inside for only a few minutes, and the girl had to be rushed to hospital after she was pulled out. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/7/) — Children should swim only when an adult is watching them. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/8/) — Floating on your back lets you rest and breathe while using little energy. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/9/) — In Australia, New Zealand and the UK, lifeguards mark the safest place to swim with red and yellow flags. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/10/) — A rip current is a strong current that flows away from the shore. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/11/) — If a rip current carries you, you should float, signal for help or swim parallel to the shore, not straight against it. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/12/) — Someone who is drowning often cannot shout or wave, so drowning can be very quiet. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/13/) — To help someone in the water, reach or throw something that floats instead of jumping in. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/14/) — You should go into unknown water feet first, because it may be shallow or hide rocks. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/15/) — Inflatable armbands and pool toys are not life-saving devices. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/16/) — Everyone in a small boat should wear a life jacket. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/17/) — Lakes, rivers and the sea can be very cold even on a hot day, and sudden cold water makes you gasp; a gasp with your face under water can make you breathe in water. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/18/) — Wet pool edges are slippery, so you should walk, not run. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/19/) — The emergency phone number is 000 in Australia, 911 in the USA and Canada, and 999 in the UK. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/20/) — Drowning is quick and silent, and it can happen in less than a minute. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/21/) — Drowning is one of the leading causes of death for young children, and most happen when nobody is watching. - ← previous: [Skating and sports safety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/6-skating-and-sports-safety/) - next →: [Posture, screens and resting your eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/8-posture-and-screens/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)