§  Good morning, everybody.

§  Good afternoon, class.

§  How are you getting on?

§  What a lovely day!

§  How are things with you?

§  Are you feeling better today?

§  What a rainy day!

Introductions
§  My name is Mrs/Ms ____ . I’ll be teaching you English this year.

§  I’m your new English teacher

§  I’ve got _____ lessons with you each week.

Time to Begin
§  Let’s begin today’s lesson.

§  Let’s begin our lesson now.

§  I think we can start now.

§  Is everybody ready to start?

§  Now we can get down to work.

§  It’s time to begin, please stop talking.

§  I’m waiting for you to be quiet.

§  Settle down now so we can start.

§  We won’t start until everyone is quiet.

§  Stop talking and be quiet.

Register
§  Who isn’t here today?

§  Who is absent today?

§  What’s the matter with ____ today?

§  What’s wrong with _____ today?

Late
§  We started _____ minutes ago. What have you been doing?

§  Did you oversleep?

§  Did you miss your bus?

§  Don’t let it happen again.

§  Where have you been?

§  Sorry, I’m late.

§  I apologize for being late.

 

§  Are you ready?

§  I want you all to join in.

§  The whole class, please/

§  All together now.

§  Open your books at page ____ §  Everybody _____.

§  Turn to page ____.

Gathering Contributions
§  What do you think makes sense?

§  Do you have a suggestion?

§  We haven’t heard from you yet.

Confirming Contributions
§  I see what you mean.

§  That’s an interesting example.

§  Now I understand your perspective.

§  I share your point of view.

Asking for Clarification
§  I don’t quite understand what you mean by ______.

§  I have a question about _____.

§  Will you explain what you mean by _____?

§  What makes you think that?

§  Can you say that again?

§  Can you say that one more time?

§  I’m afraid I don’t (fully) understand.

§  Sorry, I still don’t understand.

§  Can you give an example (of…)?

§  Can you explain that another way?

§  Pardon?

§  I’m sorry I didn’t hear you.

§  Can you speak a little louder?

§  Could you clarify that, please?

§  Could you explain that, please?

§  What do you mean by that?

§  Could you say that again, please?

§  Could you repeat, please?

§  Could you put it differently, please?

Rephrasing
§  In other words, you think ______.

§  So, what are you saying is that _____.

§  So, you are recommending that _____.

§  If I understand you correctly, your idea is _____.

§  Can I rephrase what you said/have/said?

§  So, you mean/think/believe that ...

§  Let me see if I’ve understood you correctly. You ...

§  Can I rephrase what you mean? You feel _____.

Repeat Information
§  Let me repeat that.

§  Let’s go through that again.

§  If you don’t mind, I’d like to go over this again.

Sequencing
§  First/First of all, today ______

§  After that/Then _____

§  Next/Next one, please

§  For the last thing today. Let’s _______

Comprehension Check/Checking for Understanding
§  Do you get it?

§  Are you with me?

§  Are you ok?

§  Do you follow me?

§  Ok so far?

§  Are we all on the same page?

§  Have I made everything clear?

§  Are there any (more, further) questions?

§  Are we all on the same page? I’d be happy to clarify anything that’s not clear.

§  Are there any further questions? Let’s take a look at a few examples to help clarify.

§  (Do you) know what I mean?

§  Do you know what I’m saying?

§  Do you understand?

§  Are you following me?

§  Have you got it?

§  Any questions?

§  Got it?

Supervision
§  Stop talking.

§  Look this way.

§  Listen to what _____ is saying

§  Leave that alone now.

Responding to Questions
§  Yes, that’s right.

§  Fine.

§  Almost. Try again.

§  What about this word?

Encouragement
§  That’s interesting!

§  That really is very kind of you.

§  Don’t worry about it.

§  Have a go! Have another try.

Giving Feedback to Students
§  Magnificent!/Right!/Fine/Yes!

§  Very good/That’s very good.

§  Great stuff/Well done.

§  You did a great job.

§  That’s it/Yes, you’ve got it.

§  Fantastic/That’s nice.

§  It depends.

§  You’ve improved a lot.

§  You’re on the right track.

§  Good try, but not quite right.

§  Better luck next time.

§  There’s no hurry.

§  Unfortunately, not.

§  Almost, try again.

§  Its time to finish now.

§  It’s almost time to stop.

§  We’ve run out of time.

§  There’s the bell.

§  Have you finished?

§  Stop now.

§  Pick up your books.

§  Collect your work please.

§  We’ll have to stop here.

§  One minute to finish that activity.

§  Are your desks tidy?

Not Time to Stop
§  The bell hasn’t gone yet.

§  The lesson doesn’t finish till _______.

§  Hang on a moment.

§  We seem to have finished early.

§  Just hold on a moment.

§  Just a second/ Wait for it!

§  There are still _____ minutes to go.

§  One more thing before you go.

§  We still have a couple of minutes left.

Homework
§  Remember you homework.

§  Take a worksheet as you leave.

§  What do you have to do before the next lesson?

§  Prepare the next chapter for _Tuesday__.

§  This is your homework for tonight.

§  Finish this exercise.

§  There is no homework tonight.

Next time
§  Let’s do the rest of this chapter next __Monday__.

§  We’ve run out of time, so we’ll continue the lesson.

§  We’ll do some more practice of this in the next class.

§  We’ll finish this exercise next lesson.

§  The next class starts at 10 o’clock.

Goodbye & Leaving The Classroom
§  Goodbye, everyone.

§  See you again next _Tuesday_.

§  Have a good holiday.

§  Enjoy your vacation.

§  See you tomorrow _afternoon_.

§  Form a queue and wait for the bell.

§  Get into a queue/It’s tidy up time.

§  Be quiet as you leave. Other classes are still working.

§  Try not to make any noise as you leave.

§  I’ll be back in a moment.

§  I’ve got to go next door for a moment.