Beginning the class Good morning/afternoon everybody Hello, everyone How are you today? How is life?

ife? How are you getting on?

How are you feeling today?

Checking absences Who is absent today? Who is missing? Who is not here? Whats the matter with ,today? Has anybody seen ,today? Whats wrong with ,today? Does anyone know about .?

Asking questions for the late comers Why are you late? Where have you been? Do you know what time the class starts/begins? Well, have a seat, please. Dont come late next time.

 Try not to be late next time Try to be here on time Dont let it happen again Come in and sit down

Getting started to the lesson Lets start our class today. We can start our lesson now Lets get cracking Our subject is about ..today We are going to study about. today
Giving command ,requesting something in the class, and asking questions Open your book at page ..

Open your book, please Look at page Have a look at ..on page I want you to turn on to page. Now turn to page Turn over the page Turn to the next page
Lets move on to the next page

Turn back to page..

 Turn back to the previous page Now look back at the last chapter Do the exercise on page Can you answer number ., .(students name)? Who can answer number..? Close your book, please Put your book face down I dont want to see any books open on your desk Put your books away You have minute to go Well, stop doing the test/exercise/discussion
Time is over/time is up

Write it on the board Come out and write your answer/sentence on board Dont be noise! Please be quiet If you dont be quiet, you can .
Put your pen down

Is there anything you would like to ask? Is there anything you dont understand? Have you got any questions? Do you get the point?

 I want you to finish this homework tomorrow/etc Id like you to try exercise . I expect you to do it on your own/by yourself I would like this task to be done as soon as possible
Please take one and then pass them on I insist on this task/work being done in group/pair

Do these in group of three/etc or do these in pair Have you finished doing the exercise? Have you done your homework?

Ending the class Thats enough for today, well see on ./next The bell has rung, so we must end up our class today Dont go rushing off. I have something to say/tell to you Thanks for coming. Dont forget to do your homework See you on ../next Have a nice day everybody

Discussion/meeting expression

As a chairperson
Opening and introducing the topic and the presenter Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentleman
Today, we are going to discuss about , the presenters are

We would like to discuss about

Outlining the point of the discussion

 The agenda is ..
Well, there are some points that were going to discuss.

The first, wed like to talk about The second, it is about . The last is ..
To shorten the time, lets start at the first point/agenda

Lets move on to the next.

Asking for opinion or comment Does anyone want to have a question/comment? Are the any questions?

Summarizing The conclusion is .. Lets sum up our discussion today We can conclude our talk today. It is about

Closing the discussion Thats all. Thanks for your interesting ideas. Well, its over. Thanks for coming and see you. Good afternoon/morning/evening

 As participants
Giving opinions/comments, asking questions I think, In my mind, . I am in favour of How about . What do you think about..? What is your opinion about.? Can I ask something/a question? Excuse me, Id like to ask a question

Clarifying Do you mean? What do you mean by.? Sorry, I dont catch your point. Could you repeat, please? Could you repeat what you have said?

Interrupting Can I say something? Could I just have comment on that?

 Hold on a minute Can I interrupt?

Agreeing I agree. Thats the point I go with you. I think, I agree That sounds great I do agree/ I totally agree. Thats right. Its a good idea, I think.

Disagreeing Sorry, I dont agree. You might be true, but Im afraid I disagree I disagree Thats a good idea but . I dont think so You must be joking. I dont think it is the point