CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

H.SYAHRUDIN FOR
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THE TEACHERS
A. BEGINNING OF LESSON
1. Good morning everybody/boys and girls/children
Hello, everyone
Hello there, Andy
Good afternoon
2. How are you?
How are you today, Bob?
How are you getting on?
How’s life?
How are things with you, Alfan?
How’re you feeling, Andinny?
3. I hope you are all feeling well
I hope you are all feeling fit today
I hope you have all had a nice weekend/holiday
How about you, Bob? What did you do during holiday?
4. Who is absent today?
Who is missing?
Who isn’t here?
What‘s the matter with you today?
Has anybody seen Bob today?
What’s wrong with Bob today?
Has anybody any idea where Bob is today?
5. Who was absent last time?
Who wasn’t here on Monday?
Who missed last Wednesday’s lesson?
You weren’t at/in the last lesson, Bill
Where were you?
Who was away last Friday?
6. It’s time to start now?
Let’s start our English 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
 Let’s get cracking
7. I’m waiting to start
I’m waiting for you to be quiet
We won’t start until everyone is quiet
Stop talking now so that we can start
Settle down now so we can start
Be quiet!
Everyone listen!
Stop talking now!
Stop chattering there!
What’s all this noise?
Don’t all this noise!
Not so much noise, please!
Don’t all talk at once!
Silence, please!
Don’t talk!
Could I have a bit of quiet, please?
Shut up, all of you!
Not another word, please.
8. Why are you late?
Where have you been?
We started ten minutes ago, what have you been doing?
Did you over sleep/miss the bus?
Try out to be here on time next time
Don’t let it happen again, will you?
Let it be the last time.

B. DURING LESSON
9. Get your books out!
Take out your workbooks
Books out, please
You’ll need your workbooks
Out with your books, please
10. Open your book, please
Open your books at page 27
Take out your books and open them at page 27
You’ll find the exercise on page 27
Look at page 27
Look at exercise 5 A on page 27
Have a look at the diagram on page 25
It’s somewhere near the front/back/middle of book
11. Now turn to page 28
 Turn over
Turn over the page
Turn to the next page
Next page, please
Let’s move on to the next page
I want you turn on to page 134
12. What’s the answer to number 1?
How does the first one go?
What have you got for number 1?
What do you have for question?
What have you put/written for question?
Let’s go on to number 2
And the next one, please, Bob
What about the last one, Andinny?
Could you somebody read out what they put for number?
Has anybody got anything for the last one?
13. Hands up!
Put your hand(s) up!
Put your hand(s) up if you know the answer!
All those who got it right, out your hands up
Up with your hand(s), if you know the answer
Those of you who know the answer, put your hand(s) up
Put up your hands.
14. Everyone look at the blackboard
Everybody look at the board
Let’s look at the sentences on the board
Look at the pattern on the board
15. Stop working now
Would you stop working, please
Pens/pencils down!
Put your pens/pencils down!
I’m afraid. I’ll have to stop you now
Time is up, stop writing
I’m afraid it’s time to stop
I think you’ve had long enough on this
There’s the buzzer/bell so we have to stop working now
That’s the buzzer/bell. It’s time to stop
All right! That’s all for today, thank you
16. Do you understand everything?
Is there anything you don’t understand?
Is everything clear?
Has anybody got anything to ask?
 Is there anything else you would like to ask about?
Are these any points you are not sure of?
Are there any words you are unfamiliar with?
Would you like anything explained/explaining?
17. Copy this down in your notebooks
Take this down in your exercise books
Put/take/get/write/copy that down
Make a note of this somewhere/in your books
Don’t forget to write that down
Underline the new words
Jot this down somewhere so that you don’t forget it
18. Write it in block letters. Write in block capitals
Write it in big letters
19. Write it neatly
Write it out legibly at home
Make sure I can read your handwriting
Rewrite neatly
Your hand writing is illegible, Bob
Write this exercise out neatly in your notebooks
20. Do the exercise in pencil
Do the exercise in writing
Try in ink
Rewrite in ink
Use a pen/pencil
Has anybody got an extra pencil?
Come out and sharpen your pencil
Has anybody got a pencil sharpener on him/her
Could you land Bob a pen or a pencil?

C. END OF LESSON
1. Good bye
Goodbye boys and girls
Bye-bye children
Cheerio, Bob
Bye now, Andinny
2. See you again on Tuesday
I’ll see you all again next Wednesday
See you tomorrow
I’ll be seeing some of you again after the break
3. Have a nice weekend
Enjoy your weekend