--- title: Electricity at home and staying safe — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Electricity at home and staying safe», a lesson of the world course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Electricity for our homes is made in power stations, wind farms and solar farms. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/) / Electricity at home and staying safe # Electricity at home and staying safe Lesson 87 of the world course of Mova's primary school: 24 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/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/0/) — Electricity for our homes is made in power stations, wind farms and solar farms. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/1/) — It travels along thick cables on tall pylons at very high voltage, a very strong electrical push, then a substation lowers the voltage before it reaches our streets and houses. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/2/) — Inside a house, wires hidden in the walls carry electricity to sockets and lights. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/3/) — A meter counts how much electrical energy the home uses, and the family pays for it. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/4/) — Things that heat, like kettles, ovens and heaters, use far more electricity than a phone charger or an LED bulb. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/5/) — Every home has safety devices in its fuse box. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/6/) — A fuse or circuit breaker cuts off the electricity if too much flows, for example when a cable is damaged or too many things are plugged in, because too much current makes wires hot enough to start a fire. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/7/) — Mains electricity can kill. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/8/) — Keep water away from plugs and sockets, never use a cable that is cracked or frayed, never climb pylons or go into substations, and keep kites and fishing rods far from overhead power lines. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/9/) — If a power line has fallen, stay well away and tell an adult at once. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/10/) — If someone is getting an electric shock, do not touch them, or the electricity can pass into you too. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/11/) — First switch off the power at the main switch, then call for help. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/12/) — Power stations, wind farms and solar farms make electricity for homes. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/13/) — Pylons carry electricity long distances at very high voltage. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/14/) — A substation lowers the voltage before electricity goes to homes. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/15/) — An electricity meter measures how much electrical energy a home uses. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/16/) — Things that make heat, like kettles and heaters, use a lot of electricity. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/18/) — Plugging too many things into one socket can overheat the wires and cause a fire. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/19/) — A cracked or frayed cable can give an electric shock. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/20/) — Pull out a plug by holding the plug itself, because pulling the cable can damage the wires inside. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/21/) — Water and electricity are dangerous together, so wet hands must never touch plugs or switches. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/22/) — You should never fly a kite near overhead power lines. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/23/) — If someone is getting an electric shock, switch off the power before touching them. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/24/) — Turning off lights and devices that are not in use saves electricity and money. - ← previous: [Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/86-building-strong-things/) - next →: [Recycling, waste and plastic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/88-recycling-waste-plastic/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/)