Lost outdoors Lesson 49 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 18 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 If you are lost in a forest or a park, the most important rule is to stay where you are: a person who keeps still is found much faster than one who keeps moving. 1 Searchers start where you were last seen and work outwards; if you wander, you may walk out of the area they search, or walk away from them as they come closer. 3 Make yourself easy to find: blow three blasts on a whistle, wear or wave something bright, and answer when people call your name; searchers are friends, you are not in trouble, so never hide from them. 4 A girl lost in a Washington forest as it gets dark keeps warm by sitting on her backpack or on branches instead of the cold ground, zipping up her jacket and staying put until the searchers' lights reach her. 5 A boy lost in woods in Washington kept walking to find the way out; he went further from the trail, and the search took a day longer than it would have. 6 A girl lost on a moor in England stayed by a big rock, put on her spare jumper and blew her whistle three times every few minutes; rescuers heard it and found her quickly. 7 If you are lost outdoors, you stay in one place. 8 A person who stays still is easier to find than a person who keeps moving. 9 Searchers begin where you were last seen and search outwards. 11 Three blasts on a whistle means you need help. 12 Bright colours make you easier for searchers to see. 13 You answer when searchers call your name and never hide from them. 14 Sitting on branches or a bag keeps you off the cold ground, which takes heat away from your body, and keeps you warmer. 15 A lost child is never in trouble for being lost. 16 Before a trip, a family can agree on a meeting place in case someone gets separated. 17 If you are lost in a town or a shop, you ask a shop worker, a police officer, a worker in uniform such as a lifeguard, or a parent with children for help. 18 If you are lost and get wet, you find shelter and put on dry or extra layers. 19 Getting wet and cold when lost outdoors can lead to hypothermia, when the body gets dangerously cold. ← previous Weather emergenciesnext → Thinking like a lifeguard↑ back to Everyday This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/