Classroom

LANGUAGE
Useful phrases in English
For primary and secondary education
A. The beginning of the
lesson
1. Good morning
 Good morning, everybody
 Good afternoon, everybody
 Hello, everyone
 Hello there, James
2. Introductions
 My name is Mr/Mrs/Ms Pitts
 I’m your new English teacher
 I’ll be teaching you English this
year
 I’ve got two lessons with you
each week
3. Waiting to start
 I’m waiting for you to be quiet
 We won’t start until everyone
is quiet
 Stop talking and be quiet
 Settle down now so we can
start
4. Register
 Who is absent today?
 Who isn’t here today?
 What’s the matter with Jenny
today?
 What’s wrong with Jenny
today?
 Why were you absent last
Friday Jenny?
 For how long have you been ill
Jenny?
5. How are you?
 How are you today, Jenny?
 How are you getting on?
 How’s life?
 How are things with you,
Jenny?
 Are you feeling better today,
Jenny?
6. Time to begin
 Let’s begin our lesson now
 Is everybody ready to start?
 I hope you are all ready for
your English lesson
 I think we can start now
 Now we can get down to work
7. Put your things away
 Close your books
 Put your books away
 Pack your things away
 Clear your tables, please
8. Late
 Where have you been?
 We started ten minutes ago.
What have you been doing?
 Did you miss your bus?
 Did you oversleep?
 Don’t let it happen again
A. Simple instructions
1. Instructions the class can easily
understand
 Come in
 Go out
 Stand up
 Sit down
 Come to the front of the class
 Stand by your desks
 Put your hands up
 Put your hands down
 Hold up your books/pencils
 Show me your pencil
 Could you sit up please?
2. Instructions that can be used at the
beginning of a session
 Pay attention please
 You need pencils/rulers
 We’ll learn how to….
 Are you ready?
 Open your books at page…
 Turn to page….
 Look at activity five
 Listen to the CD player
 Repeat after me
 Again, please
 Everybody….
 You have ten minutes to do this
 Who’s next?
 Like this, not like that.
3. Instructions that can be used at the
end of a lesson
 It’s time to finish
 Have you finished?
 Let’s stop now
 Let’s call it the day
 Stop now.
 Let’s check the answers Any
questions?
 Pack up your books
 Don’t forget to bring
your….tomorrow
 Get your books from the locker
4. Instructions can also be sequenced:
 First
 Next
 After that
 Then
 Finally
5. Comprehension language:
 Are you ready?
 Are you with me?
 Are you OK?
 OK so far?
 Do you get it?
 Do you understand
 What did you say?
 One more time, please
 Say it again, please
 Pack up your books
 Are your desks tidy?
 Is this OK?
 Splendid!
B. The end of the lesson  Be quiet as you leave. Other
classes are still working

1. Time to stop
 It’s almost time to stop
5. Not time to stop
 I’m afraid it’s time to stop
 The bell hasn’t gone yet
 We’ll have to stop here
 There are still two minutes to
 There’s the bell. It’s time to
go
stop
 We still have a couple of
 That’s it for today. You can go
minutes left
now.
 We seem to have finished early
 The lesson does not finish till
2. Wait a minute
five past
 Hang on a moment
 Your watch must be fast
 Just hold on a moment
 We have an extra five minutes
 Stay where you are for a
 Sit quietly till the bell goes
moment
 Just a moment, please
6. Next time
 One more thing before…..
 We’ll do the rest of this chapter
 Let’s close with prayers.
next time
 Back to your places
 We’ll finish this exercise next
lesson
3. Homework
 We’ve run out of time, so we’ll
 This is your homework for
continue next lesson
tonight
 We’ll continue this chapter next
 Do exercise 10 on page 23 for
Monday
your homework
 Prepare the next chapter for
7. Goodbye
Monday
 Goodbye, everyone
 There is no homework tonight
 See you again next Wednesday
 Remember your homework
 See you later friends
 Take a worksheet as you leave
 See you tomorrow afternoon
 Have a good holiday
4. Leaving the room
 Enjoy your vacation
 Get into a queue
 See you in room 7 after the
 Form a queue and wait for the
break
bell
 All of you, get outside now!
 Hurry up and get outside
 Try not to make any noise as
you leave
C. Classroom Management
1. Common situations in which
spontaneous English can be used.
 Make groups of four
 Move your desks into groups
of four people
 Turn your desks around
 Make a circle with your desks
 Make a line of desks facing
each other
 Make groups of four desks
facing each other
 Sit back to back
 Work together with your friend
 Find a partner
 Work in pairs / threes / fours /
fives
 Work in groups of three / four /
five
 I want you to form groups
 Form groups of three
 Here are some tasks for you to
work on in groups of four
 Everybody work individually
 Work by yourselves
 Work on your own
 Ask your neighbour for help
2. Giving instructions
 Could you try the next one?
 I would like you to write this
down
 Who would like to read?
 Do you want to answer
question 5?
 Look this way
 Stop talking, please
 Work on the task together.
 Have you finished?
 Do the next activity
 There are too many in this
group
 Can you join the other group?
 Only three people in each
group
 Ask others in the class
 Ask everyone in the class
 Stand up and find another
partner
 Open your books on page 54
 Come out and write it on the
board
 Listen to the tape, please
 Get into groups of four
 I would like to write this down
 Let’s sing a song
 Finish off this song at home
 Close your eyes
 Push your chairs (under the
table)
 Put it in my pigeon hole, please
 Show me your work later
 Put a sock in it! 
 Now hang on!
 Mind your language!
 Please switch on the lights
 Could you open the window
for me please?
 Which topic will your group
report be on?
 Now answer me please!
 First of all, today….
  Right, now we will go on to the  Excellent
next exercise  Good boy / girl
 Have you done your work?  You did a good job.
 For the last thing today, let’s….  What about this word?
 Whose turn is it to read?  Who’ s next
 Which question are you on?  Splendid
 Next one, please  Say that again
 Who hasn’t answered yet?  I don’t quite get you
 Let me explain what I want you
to do next
 The idea of this exercise is for
you to….
 You have ten minutes to do this
 Your time is up
 Finish this by twenty to eleven
 Can you all see the board?
 Have you found the place?
 Are you ready
 You may go on to exercise five
 Get your books from the locker
 Finish this by twenty to eleven
 Can you all see the board?
 Have you found the place?
 Are you all ready?

3. Supervision
 Look this way
 Stop talking
 Listen to what…. is saying
 Push your chairs
 Leave that alone now
 Be careful
 Think well before you answer!
 Do you understand my
question?

4. Responding to questions
 Yes, that’s right
 Fine
 Almost. Try again
 Well done.
D. Explanation
3. Social
 Explain it in your own words
 It’s spelled with a capital “J”
 Can anybody correct this
sentence?
 Fill in the missing words
 Mark the right alternative
1. Interaction; affective attitudes
 That’s interesting
 That’s really very kind of you
 Don’t worry about it.
 Why didn’t you give an
answer?
 I was a bit disappointed with
your efforts
2. Reference
 After they left the USA, the
soldiers….
 The church was started in the
last century
 This is a picture of a typically
English castle
 In the background you can
see…
 While we are on the subject…..
 As I said earlier…
 Let me sum up
 The solution is on page 44
 Good morning
 Cheerio now
 God bless!
 Have a nice weekend!
 Thanks for your help
 Happy birthday!
 Many happy returns!
 Congratulations!
 Merry Christmas!
 Enjoy your holidays
 You were almost right
 That’s almost it
 You’re halfway there
 You’ve almost got it
 You’re on the right lines
 There’s no need to rush
 There’s no hurry
 We have plenty of time
 Go on. Give it a try
 Keep trying
 Have a go
 Have a guess
 Look this up on the web…
 Try to find the answer with the
help of google
 E. Error correction

Phrases that can used when giving feedback to pupils / students

 There’s nothing wrong with  Very good

your answer  That’s very good
 What you said was perfectly  Very fine
alright  Well done
 You didn’t make a single  Excellent
mistake  Super
 That’s exactly the point  That’s nice
 That’s just what I was looking  Well said
for!  I like that
 You have a good pronunciation  Marvellous
 Your pronunciation is very  You did a great job
good  Magnificent
 You are communicating well  Terrific!
 You speak very fluently  Wow!
 You have made a lot of  Jolly good
progress  Great stuff
 Don’t worry about your  Fantastic
pronunciation
 Don’t worry a bit about your  Right
spelling  Fine
 Don’t worry; it will improve  Quite right
 Maybe this will help you  That’s (quite) right
 Do you want a clue?  That’s correct
 You still have trouble with  Yes, you’ve got it
your….  You’ve got the idea
 You need some more practice  It depends.
with these words
 Practice these words at home,
please
 You’ll have to spend some time
practicing this
 You are getting better at it all
the time