The document discusses home safety precautions that can be taken to prevent accidents, especially those involving children. It recommends covering all electrical outlets, not letting children play with matches or lighters as they may start a fire, ensuring pot and pan handles face inward on the stove so children can't grab them, and not placing heavy objects on window sills that could fall and cause injury. Regularly checking the home for potential safety hazards can help ensure family safety.

3.  What it is like to experience an accident?
 What types of accidents can you experience
at home?
 What kind of accidents can you experience
outside of your home. Forexample: school,
vacation etc.?

4. Build your vocabulary before you read the
following passage.

5. İnjury :

6. Outlet :

7. Match:

8. Lighter:

9. Pot :

10. Stove :

11. Window sill:

12. Floor :

13.  THINK
 DIE
 SAFE
 HARM
 PREVENT
 COVER
 PLAY
 START
 REACH

14.  PROTECT
 CAUSE

15.  I think safety is important
 If you don’t drive safely you may die.
 I am safe because i take measures.
 Electical devices may harm children.
ıf you want to prevent children from
accident you need to be careful

16.  You should cover all outlets.
 children should not play with knives.
 If parents leave matches or lighters around
children may start a fire by accident.

17.  Put chemicals away where children cannot
reach.
 You should always protect your children from
harm

19.  What are the actions you find difficult in this
video?
 what would you do to prevent accidents?

20.  Read and choose the best one.
 How to Avoid Home Accidents Have you ever thought how (1)
..................... your home is? Homes should be safe, especially
if there are children in. Thousands of people die or get injured
(2) ....................., because of the accidents at home.
Accidental injuries are also the number one killer of children.
There are some (3) ..................... which can be taken to
prevent accidents. The most important one is that you should
cover all (4) ..................... outlets. Because we all know how
curious those little hands can be. Another precaution is not to let
your children play with matches, lighters, knives etc. as they may
(5) ..................... a fire or cut themselves. Also, make sure
that the handles of pots and pans face the centre of the stove so
that children won’t be able to (6) ..................... them. The
last but not least important precaution is not to put flowerpots or
heavy objects on window-sills. If they fall off, they can cause
some (7) ..................... injuries or deaths. Even if we think
that things are safe, we need to check them (8) .....................
. Then we’ll have the comfort of knowing that we are safe at our
own home.

21.  1. a) sure b) reliable c) unharmed d) safe
 2. a) tragically b) horribly c) disastrously d)
fatally
 3. a) priorities b) precautions c) predictions d)
precessions
 4. a) automatic b) technical c) electrical d)
professional
 5. a) create b) initiate c) originate d) start
 6. a) reach b) achieve c) attain d) accomplish
 7. a) sudden b) unexpected c) immediate d)
quick
 8. a) continuously b) immediately c) regularly d)
suddenly

22.  1. We have safety ................... of the use of chemicals in the
production of toys.
 2. There is blood .................... all through the veins of our
body.
 3. My father is always very concerned about his health.He goes to
the doctor even for
 the minor ................... .
 4. It has been five months since we had the traffic accident but
my leg is still ............ .
 5. He suffered from .............. pains after eating stale food.
 6. There are ................... that her health is improving.
 (REGULATE)
 (CIRCULATE)
 (ILL)
 (PAIN)
 (ABDOMEN)
 (INDICATE)
Complete using the correct form of the
words in capitals.

23.  1. Make sure your family members know how to use life-saving
equipment. (make)
 You should ................................... how to use life-saving
equipment.
 2. If you put child-resistant safety latches on cabinets and drawers, you
can prevent children from
 touching harmful substances. ( in order to)
 You should put child-resistant safety latches on cabinets and drawers
.........................................
 ................................... from touching harmful substances.
 3. Without regular exercise, healthy eating will not result in a healthy
body. (if)
 ............................................................................., healthy
eating will not result in a healthy body.
 4. Unless preparing herbal cosmetics appeals to you, you can look in the
cosmetics department of a
 natural body care shop. (if)
 ................................... appeal to you, you can look in the cosmetics
department of a natural body care department.
Complete the sentences using the given
words without changing the meaning.

24.  5. Test a new product a little on the inside of your arm
if you tend to have allergies. (should)
 You .............................. a little on the inside of
your arm if you tend to have allergies.
 6. People once thought that they had to do vigorous
physical activities to keep fit , but now
 everybody knows that it is enough to do regular
moderate physical activities regularly. (used to)
 .............................. they had to do vigorous
physical activities to keep fit, but now everybody
 knows that it is enough to do regular moderate
physical activities regularly.
 7. You should drink at least eight glasses of water a
day if you want to avoid skin dehydration.
 (in order to)
 You should drink at least eight glasses of water a day
.............................. dehydration.

25. You should drink at least eight glasses of water
a day .............................. dehydration.
8. I protected my children from falling out of
windows or downstairs by installing protective
grates or
gates when they were younger. (used to)
I .............................. from falling out of
windows or downstairs by installing protective
grates or gates when they were younger

26. Complete these sentences by using the given
words below.
(When / as / in order to / therefore / while )
1. ............................ give artificial respiration, lie the casualty on
his back on a hard and flat place.
2. We should supervise children under four years should be supervised
............................ we cook
something.
3. Be sure your hands are dry ............................ you are drying
your hair.
4. Electrical equipment may spark itself; ............................, you
must insulate all wires, bind excess
cord and unplug the TV, the phone and the fridge when they are not in
use.
5. ............................ alkaline substances are poisonous, discard
used button-cell batteries safely and
store any unused ones far from children’s reach.

27.  Fill in the blanks using the words in the box.
(Chemicals / cut / overexposure / burn available
/Slippery / injuries / bleeding incredible)
 1. You will be faced with ............................
throughout your life even if it is a simple paper cut
or
 broken bone.
 2. A mind-reading machine is a(n)
............................ invention that translates
thought waves into
 sentences that can be read on a computer monitor.
 3. Don’t polish your floors too much as this will
make them very ............................ .
 4. Detergents, which are cleaning
............................, should be kept out of
children’s reach.

28.  5. Journalism on the Net is only one of many
things that will be ............................
through the Net.
 6. A(n) ............................ is a split in the
skin caused by a sharp object.
 7. In order to stop ............................,
you should apply pressure with a clean
absorbent cloth.
 8. A(n) ............................ can be caused
by heat, the sun, chemicals or electricity.
 9. You’re more likely to develop cancer by
............................ to ultraviolet rays.