Kindness to animals Lesson 207 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 17 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 Kindness to animals is in small, everyday things: how we move near them and what we throw away. 1 Plastic rings from drink packs can trap birds, turtles, fish and other animals by the neck, beak or legs, so we cut each ring before throwing them away. 2 Small animals are easily frightened, because to them we are huge; they feel safe with people who move slowly and speak softly. 3 A boy in Galway wants to see a robin up close; he sits still and speaks quietly, and the robin hops nearer instead of flying off. 5 Plastic drink-pack rings are cut before they are thrown away. 6 Animals can get trapped in plastic rings by the neck, beak or legs. 7 Litter on beaches and in rivers can trap or choke wild animals. 8 With small animals you always move slowly and speak softly. 9 Animals feel safe with calm people. 10 Sudden movements and loud noises frighten small animals and can make them bite, scratch or run. 11 A small pet is held gently and close to the body with both hands, low down, so it cannot fall. 12 A wild animal is watched quietly from a distance, not chased or grabbed. 13 A boy in Arizona left his dog in the car "for five minutes" on a hot day; when he and his dad came back the dog was collapsed from the heat and needed emergency care. 14 Some children in Ireland threw stones at a swan's nest; the swan attacked to protect its eggs, one child was hit by its wing, and the eggs were broken. 15 A car in the sun gets hot inside very quickly, and dogs left in hot cars can die within minutes. 16 Hurting or tormenting an animal is cruel, it can make the animal attack, and it is against the law. 17 Grown-ups say two people «are an item» when they are a couple, going out together; parents «divorcing» means their marriage is ending and they will live apart, which is never the child's fault. ← previous Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoonext → Teeth, nails, baths and toilets↑ back to Everyday This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/