Useful Classroom Expressions
2. Take turns asking questions and
1. Open your book to page …, number …
3. Close your books
5. Look at me / the front / the back
7. Look at the top of the page / bottom of the page
9. Look at the box / table
11. Look at the picture / the following list
13. Look at your own work
15. Don’t look at each other’s page
17. Repeat after me / the tape
19. Listen to me / the tape
21. Listen carefully / again
23. Please speak louder
25. Use your pen / pencils and …
27. Underline / Number / Circle the …
29. Put your pens down
31. Put your hand up … if you know the answer
33. Put your hand up…. If you don’t understand
35. Lift your hands up
37. Put your hands down
39. Come in
41. Stand up / Sit down
43. Come here / to the front
45. Go over there
47. Face the front / back
49. Walk around the classroom ...
51. Go back to your seat / chair
53. Wait a moment
55. Begin!
answering them
4. Practice together using what you just
learnt
6. Solve the following problem
8. Take out a piece of paper
10. Pass your papers / the … to the front
12. Write it on the whiteboard
14. Write down your answers
16. Fill in the blanks / column
18. Match the words on the left with the X on
the right
20. Take turns to say / ask / be …
22. Complete the sentences / exercise / table
/dialogue
24. Fill in the following …
26. Choose one of the following pictures /
questions and …
28. Arrange them in the correct order
30. Compare A with B
32. Ask me
34. Act out the following dialogue
36. Prepare a role-play / dialogue…using X
as an example
38. Say it again / twice / three times
40. Say from … to …
42. Please don’t say __________
44. Do it again
46. In pairs / with your partner…
48. Sit back to back / in a circle
50. Get into groups of …
52. In small groups …
54. Practice the exercise / dialogue in pairs
56. Stop!