--- title: Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needin… — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 318 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 12 of 15 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 318 # Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needing glasses **Tests:** 12 of 15 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 17 of 19 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 318 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1} On a hot camping trip in Texas, which plan keeps a child's body working well? - **1.** Drinking less to avoid stopping for toilets — score 1 - **2.** Drinking only at mealtimes — no support - **3.** Drinking fizzy drinks instead of water — score 1 - **4.** Drinking water often, more than on a cool day — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 290, line 1: «Your body needs water to work well, so drink water through the day, about six to eight cups, and more when it is hot or you are running about.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+2); the same thing acted on «water» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} A boy grazes his elbow on gravel and puts a plaster straight over the dirt. What did he forget? - **1.** To make it bleed more — score 4 - **2.** To put butter on it — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **3.** To keep it in the sun — score 2 - **4.** To wash it with clean water first — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 97, line 5: «A boy in Colorado whose dog has died makes a drawing of the dog chasing snow, puts it on the fridge, and when he misses her he looks at it and tells his mum on…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3} Your friend says to put ice cubes straight on a bruise for an hour. What is better? - **1.** A cold pack wrapped in a cloth for a few minutes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** Rubbing the bruise very hard — no support - **3.** Ice cubes on bare skin for even longer, so the bruise freezes — no support - **4.** A hot towel to warm the bruise — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 84, line 7: «Put a cold pack wrapped in a cloth on a bruise for a few minutes, because cold reduces swelling and pain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cold pack» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} In the playground two children bump heads hard. One cries, the other says, «I'm fine.» Which is TRUE? - **1.** Only the one who is crying needs help, because the other would feel it — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** The one who is fine can keep playing alone — no support - **3.** Both should tell an adult, because head injuries need watching — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** Neither needs help if there is no blood — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 299, line 3: «If you lose your group in the woods, the rule is "Hug a tree": stop, stay where you are and call for help. Three blasts on a whistle is a signal that means "I…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+3); the same thing acted on «help» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5} A girl in New York splashes hot water from the kettle on her hand. Which first aid is right? - **1.** Cover it with toothpaste — no support - **2.** Press an ice pack on it hard — no support - **3.** Rub butter into the burn so the skin stays soft — no support - **4.** Cool running water for 20 minutes, and tell an adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 85, line 1: «Splinters, stings and itchy plants are mostly small troubles, but the right first aid matters: wash, do not rub, keep calm and tell an adult.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6} Which is TRUE about a burn? - **1.** Cooling it under water stops it going deeper — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** Creams are better than water at first — no support - **3.** A burn only hurts, it never gets worse — score -2 - **4.** Blowing on it is enough — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 318, line 14: «If you touch something hot, cool the burn under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell an adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cool» (+3); the same place «cool running water» (+3); the same thing acted on «burn» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7} Last year Sam was the shortest in class; this year he grew 8 centimetres. What does this show? - **1.** People have growth spurts at different ages — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Height can never change quickly — no support - **3.** He must have stretched every night — no support - **4.** Sam must have been very ill last year and is now catching up — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8} A girl gets headaches because she screws up her eyes to see the board. What is the best next step? - **1.** Tell a teacher and parent so she can get an eye test — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Move further from the board — no support - **3.** Close one eye when she reads — score 5 - **4.** Take a headache pill every morning before school and carry on — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 290, line 18: «If you cannot see the board at school, tell a teacher and a parent, because you may need an eye test.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «teacher» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Which is the right first aid for a small cut? - **1.** Put a hot cloth on it to stop the bleeding — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** Cover, then wash later at home — no support - **3.** Wash, press with a clean cloth, then cover — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Leave it open and keep playing — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 318, line 9: «For a small cut or scraped knee, wash it with clean water, press with a clean cloth to stop the bleeding, then cover it with a plaster or bandage.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+4); the same thing acted on «bleeding» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10} scraped my knee, its dirty but whatever - **1.** Rub it with a leaf — no support - **2.** Leave it, dirt protects it — no support - **3.** Wash it with clean water and cover it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** Put mud on it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 83, line 4: «A boy in Galway scrapes his knee on the path; he rinses it with clean water, presses a clean cloth on it until it stops bleeding, and puts on a plaster.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «knee» (+2); the same action «rinse» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} knee cut is red n hot n puffy 3 days later - **1.** It's normal, ignore it — no support - **2.** Squeeze it hard — no support - **3.** Tell an adult; it may be infected — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Pick off the scab — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 83, line 15: «After a cut from a rusty nail or an animal bite, tell an adult, because you may need a tetanus injection (a jab against a dangerous germ found in soil and rust…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t12} put ice straight on my bruise? - **1.** Yes, for an hour — no support - **2.** Wrap it in a cloth first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** Use hot water instead — score 4 - **4.** Yes, straight on — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 318, line 12: «Never put ice straight on the skin; wrap it in a cloth first.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «ice» (+2); the same place «cloth» (+2); the same action «wrap» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t13} did u hear a kid didn't drink anything at the footy carnival in the heat and "collapsed and had to go on a drip". lesson? - **1.** Water slows you down in sport — no support - **2.** Only drink when you finish playing, so you don't get a stitch — no support - **3.** Drink water, more when it's hot or you're active — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Fizzy drinks work better than water — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 318, line 7: «When you are thirsty, drink water; children need about six to eight cups a day, and more when it is hot or they are active.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+3); the same thing acted on «water» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t14} my nan says putting ice straight on a bruise "freezes the skin off". what's the true bit - **1.** Ice should always go straight on — no support - **2.** Never put ice straight on skin; wrap it in a cloth — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** Bruises need nothing at all — no support - **4.** Bruises need heat, not cold, so put a hot towel on — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 318, line 12: «Never put ice straight on the skin; wrap it in a cloth first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+3); the same place «skin» (+3); the same thing acted on «ice» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t15} kids say the girl with glasses "is half blind, four eyes". pass it on? - **1.** Yes, it's just a joke — no support - **2.** Yes, it's true — no support - **3.** No, needing glasses is normal and teasing is unkind — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Yes, and hide her glasses — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 7: «A girl in Ohio could not see the board well but did not tell anyone; her marks dropped for a year until an eye test showed she just needed glasses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+3); the same thing acted on «glasses» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/t15/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct treatment of a small cut? - **1.** Applying butter to seal it — no support - **2.** Covering it without washing — no support - **3.** Washing with clean water, pressing with a clean cloth, then covering — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Leaving it uncovered, so that it may dry in the open air and form a scab — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 318, line 9: «For a small cut or scraped knee, wash it with clean water, press with a clean cloth to stop the bleeding, then cover it with a plaster or bandage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wash» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the principal sign that a cut has become infected. - **1.** It turns red, hot and swollen — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** It forms a dry scab — score 3 - **3.** It stops bleeding — score 2 - **4.** It becomes slightly itchy while healing — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 83, line 17: «A cut or graze that is not cleaned can become infected, getting red, swollen, warm and painful.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same doer «cut» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} It is given that a burn has been sustained from a hot object. Select the response consistent with established guidance. - **1.** It shall be cooled under cool running water for twenty minutes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** Ice shall be pressed directly upon it — no support - **3.** Butter shall be applied at once, so as to seal the skin from the air — score 4 - **4.** A thick cream shall be spread over it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 318, line 14: «If you touch something hot, cool the burn under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell an adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cool» (+3); the same place «cool running water» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} State the approximate daily quantity of water required by children. - **1.** About one cup in total — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** About six to eight cups, more when hot or active — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** None, if food is eaten — no support - **4.** About twenty cups — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/e4/) - ← previous: [317. Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, gettin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food/) - next →: [319. Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)