--- title: Eyes, ears and moving your body — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Eyes, ears and moving your body», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Your eyes and ears are how you learn about the world; if you cannot see the board or hear the teacher clearly, a simple test can find out --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/) [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/) / Eyes, ears and moving your body # Eyes, ears and moving your body Lesson 87 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/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/0/) — Your eyes and ears are how you learn about the world; if you cannot see the board or hear the teacher clearly, a simple test can find out why, and glasses or hearing aids can help. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/1/) — Inside the ear are tiny hair cells that turn sound into signals for the brain; very loud noise can damage them for ever, and ringing in the ears is a warning. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/2/) — Being active for at least an hour a day keeps your heart, muscles and mind strong. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/3/) — A boy in Bristol could not read the board, so he told his teacher; an eye test showed he needed glasses, and now his maths is much easier. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/4/) — If you are told you need glasses, wear them as the optician (the person who tests eyes and makes glasses) says, because they help you see clearly and learn better. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/5/) — If you cannot see the board at school, tell a teacher and a parent, because you may need an eye test. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/6/) — Clean glasses with water and a soft cloth, not your T-shirt, because rough cloth scratches the lenses. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/7/) — Many people wear glasses; if someone calls you names for wearing them, tell an adult. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/8/) — Wear ear protection near very loud noise like fireworks or concerts, because loud noise damages the inner ear. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/9/) — Ringing in the ears after loud noise is a warning of damage, so tell an adult and rest your ears. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/10/) — If you find it hard to hear the teacher, tell a parent, because you may need a hearing test. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/11/) — To help a deaf or hard-of-hearing classmate, face them and speak clearly without shouting, so they can lip-read. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/12/) — A hearing aid helps a person hear, so respect it and do not touch it. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/13/) — Children should be active for at least an hour a day. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/14/) — A stitch while running passes if you slow down and breathe deeply. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/15/) — For a sprained ankle, rest it, put a cold pack on, raise it and tell an adult. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/16/) — Studies have found no link between cracking knuckles and arthritis (stiff, painful joints). - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/17/) — A girl in Ontario could not see the board for months but did not say; her marks dropped, and when she finally got glasses she said everything looked sharp for the first time. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/18/) — A boy in Bristol skipped warming up and his helmet at the skate park; he fell, hit his head and needed stitches above his eye. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/19/) — Children who cannot see well often do not know it, so eye tests at school or an optician matter. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/20/) — A helmet greatly lowers the chance of a serious head injury when cycling, skating or scootering. - ← previous: [Sun, cold and growing up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/) - next →: [Your body and how you look](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/88-liking-how-you-look/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)