Classroom expressions & rules

Useful (classroom) English phrases that you can use

Hello!

Hi!

Good morning!
Greetings
Good afternoon!

Good evening!

How are you (today)?

Goodbye!

Bye bye!

Farewells Bye!

See you (later)!

Have a good day/weekend/holiday!

Could you explain that again, please? / Could you explain that in Luxembourgish,
please?

Could you say that more slowly, please?

Could you rewrite this again, please?

Requests & Could you help me, please?

Asking for help
How do you pronounce......?

What is.......in Luxembourgish/German/French?

How do you spell........?

 Could I go to the school nurse?

I don’t feel well.

I don’t understand this.

Informing the
teacher I don’t know (the answer).

(name) is bothering me.

I am sorry for being late.

I am sorry for disturbing the class.

Apologising
I am sorry for not paying attention in class.

I am sorry for forgetting my homework.

Some expressions your teacher uses

At the beginning of the lesson
Time to begin/start! / Let’s start!

Sit down.

Be quiet! We need to start!

Settle/Calm down now so we can start.

Register/ Checking in
Who is absent today? / Who isn’t here today?

Where is (name)?

Put your school material away/Take your school material out

 Close/Open your books.

Put your books/pencil cases away.

Pack your things away.

Take your books out.

During class
Pay attention!

Open your books at page…

Turn to page …

Look at exercise (number).

Repeat, please! / Again, please!

You have (number) minutes to do this.

Say it one more time.

Raise your hand!

Read...out loud/for yourself.

Write down/Take notes.

Towards the end of the lesson

It’s time to finish.

Let’s stop now.

Let’s check the answers.

Any questions?

Hand in your (home)work, please.

You may pack up.

Don’t forget to bring your … tomorrow/ on (weekday).

 Follow these rules

You may ask questions freely at all times during the main study phase of the lesson. Try
to reduce questions during an activity/exercise.

Do your independent research if you do not understand a word. Look in your own

dictionary the translation of a word that you do not understand.

NOTE: if you encounter a word in your student’s book/workbook or worksheet/handout

that you do not understand, you must look it up. If you don’t and your teacher notices,
you need to re-write that word 500 times with the translation in a rattrapage.


Every homework on the WOCHEPLANG needs to be done even if the teacher didn’t
mention it in class.

NOTE: every homework that is not done, needs to be finished in the next rattrapage.


During your English class it is forbidden to go to the bathroom.

EXCEPTION: you let your teacher know in advance (before the class starts) that you are
not feeling well and that you probably need to go to the bathroom during the class


Put your phone in the phone box before the lesson starts.

NOTE: every phone that rings that is not in the box will be immediately taken away.

 Write your message in English. (It’s okay to leave some words in

German/French/Luxembourgish if the word is too difficult to translate or if there is no
fitting translation for the word)

NOTE: no messages in languages that are not English will be answered


The class is over when the teacher says so. You are not allowed to pack in before the
teacher gives you a sign even if the bell has rung. Not following this rule might cause a
visit to REFLECT.