Remembering details Lesson 18 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 19 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 .
0 Noticing details means looking carefully and putting what you see into words, which helps you remember it. 1 Useful details about a person: their height compared with someone you know, their hair, their clothes and colours, and anything special such as glasses or a cap with a logo. 3 Memory fades and gets mixed up quickly, so tell an adult or write down what you saw as soon as you can. 4 Example: a boy in Manchester sees a bike being stolen and says to himself, «tall man, green hoodie, white trainers, rode off towards the park» — then tells a teacher straight away. 5 A boy in New Jersey saw a car hit a bike and drive away, but he could not remember the colour or the plate; the police had little to go on. 6 A girl in Edinburgh got lost but knew her full name, her mum's name and phone number by heart; a police officer called her mum and she was home within an hour. 7 Putting what you see into words helps you remember it. 8 Clothes, colours and special marks are easy details to notice about a person. 9 Comparing someone's height with a person you know, like your dad, is easier than guessing a number. 10 Every car has a number plate, also called a licence plate, with letters and numbers. 11 The colour and type of a vehicle are useful details for the police. 12 The direction someone went is an important detail. 13 Memories fade quickly, so it helps to tell someone or write them down soon. 14 Memories can change when people talk about them, so tell what you saw yourself, not what others said. 15 If you are not sure about a detail, it is honest and helpful to say «I'm not sure». 16 Memory games, like looking at objects on a tray and then naming them, train your attention. 17 Never follow a person or a car to get details; staying safe comes first. 18 Children who know their full name, address and a parent's phone number by heart are found and helped much faster. 19 Small details like a car's colour, a number plate or what someone wore help police a lot. ← previous What to do if you are lostnext → Your uh-oh feeling↑ back to Everyday This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/18-remembering-details/