--- title: Queues, taking turns and interrupting — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Queues, taking turns and interrupting», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In the UK people value queuing very highly, and jumping the queue makes them upset; knowing such customs helps you avoid offending --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Queues, taking turns and interrupting # Queues, taking turns and interrupting Lesson 223 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/1/) — In the UK people value queuing very highly, and jumping the queue makes them upset; knowing such customs helps you avoid offending anyone. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/2/) — Taking turns ends arguments fairly: on the swings, in the front seat of the car, and in a group discussion, where everyone's ideas matter. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/3/) — When you need to speak while someone is talking, you wait for a pause, or say "Excuse me" first; you also let people finish their own sentences. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/4/) — A girl in Melbourne wants to tell her dad something while he is talking to a neighbour; she puts her hand gently on his arm and waits, and he turns to her at the next pause. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/5/) — You join the end of a queue and wait your turn, because the people at the front waited longest. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/6/) — In a queue you keep your hands to yourself and do not push, because pushing can make people fall. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/7/) — You might let an older or disabled person, or a parent with a baby, go ahead of you. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/9/) — In the UK people value queuing highly and get upset about queue-jumping. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/10/) — On a swing when others are waiting, you have a turn and then let the next child go. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/11/) — Brothers and sisters can share the front seat by taking turns, for example on alternate days. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/12/) — In a group discussion you let others speak and wait for your turn. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/13/) — To speak while a parent talks to someone, you wait for a pause or put your hand gently on their arm and wait. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/14/) — You let people finish their own sentences, especially someone who stammers (gets stuck on sounds or repeats them while speaking). - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/15/) — If you must interrupt, you say "Excuse me" or "Sorry to interrupt" first; when it is urgent, like someone being hurt, you interrupt straight away. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/16/) — When others are watching TV or a film, you wait for a break or talk quietly. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/17/) — A boy in Leeds pushed ahead in the lunch queue and shoved a girl holding hot soup; it spilled on her arm and she was burned. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/18/) — Children pushing to be first off a school bus in Texas knocked a small boy down the steps; he broke his wrist. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/19/) — Pushing in queues causes falls, spills and burns, especially near stairs, doors and hot food. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/223-queues-taking-turns-and-interrupting/20/) — Waiting your turn on stairs and bus steps keeps the smallest children from being knocked down. - ← previous: [Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/) - next →: [Quiet places and solemn moments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)