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Greetings

 Hello, everyone.
 Good morning, everybody.
 Good afternoon, class.
 Hello there, Tom.
 Good afternoon, everybody.
 How are you today?
 How are you getting on?
 How’s life?
 How are things with you?
 Are you feeling better today, David?
 What a lovely day!
 What a rainy day!
 Today is very cold, isn’t it?

Introductions

 My name is Mr/Mrs/Ms Smith. I’ll be teaching you Math this year.


 I’m your new Math teacher.
 I’ve got five lessons with you each week.

Time to begin

 Let’s begin today’s lesson.


 Let’s begin our lesson now.
 I hope you are all ready for your Math lesson.
 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.
Instructions can be used at the beginning of a session

 Are you ready?


 Everybody …
 Pay attention, everybody.
 Open your books at page…
 You need pencils/rulers.
 We’ll learn how to …
 You have five minutes to do this.
 Turn to page …
 Look at activity five.
 Repeat after me.
 Again, please.
 Who’s next?
 Like this, not like that.

Comprehension language

 Do you get it?


 Are you with me?
 Are you OK?
 Do you follow me?
 OK so far?
 Do you understand?
 What did you say?
 One more time, please.
 Say it again, please.
 Like this?
 Is this OK?
Other common instructions

 Come in.
 Go out.
 Stand by your desks.
 Stand up.
 Sit down.
 Come to the front of the class.
 Put your hands up.
 Put your hands down.
 Hold your books/pens up.
 Show me your pencil.

Giving instructions

 Open your books at page 75.


 I want you all to join in.
 The whole class, please.
 All together now.
 Come out and write it on the board.
 Get into groups of four.
 Finish off this task at home.
 Everybody, please.
 Could you try the next one?
 I would like you to write this down.
 Would you mind switching the lights on?
 It might be an idea to leave this till next time.
 Who would like to read?
 Which topic will your group report on?
 Do you want to answer question 4?
 Can you all see the board?
Sequencing

 First/ First of all, today, …


 After that/ Then
 Right. Now we will go on to the next exercise.
 Have you finished?
 For the last thing today, let’s …
 Whose turn is it to read?
 Which question are you on?
 Next/ Next one, please.
 Who hasn’t answered yet?
 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.
 Have you found the place?
 Are you all ready?

Questions

 Any questions?
 Do you have any questions?
 Now I’m going to ask you some questions.
 Who knows the answer?
 Raise your hand.
 Please raise your hand if you don’t understand.
 Try to answer by yourself.
 Try again.
 A full sentence, please.
 Use a full sentence please.
 Make a sentence.
 Say it in a loud voice.
 Louder, please!
 Again, please.
Responding to questions

 Yes, that’s right,


 Fine.
 Almost. Try again.
 What about this word?
Reference

 As I said earlier, …
 While we’re on the subject, …
 In the background you can see …
 The church was started in the last century.
 This is a picture of a typically English castle.
 Let me sum up.

Encouragement

 That’s interesting!
 That really is very kind of you.
 Don’t worry about it.
 Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll do better next time.
 I’m really impressed. I knew you could do it!
 Have a go! Have another try!
 Practice makes perfect.
 Good! Excellent! Well done! That’s great!
 That’ much better! You’re really improving.
 Your marks will get better if you practise more.
 Stop making excuses.
 Don’t pretend you can’t speak English, I know you can.
 Your marks are getting better all the time.

Time to stop

 Let’s stop now.


 It’s time to finish now.
 It’s almost time to stop.
 I’m afraid it’s time to finish now.
 We’ve run out of time.
 We’ll have to stop here.
 There’s the bell. It’s time to stop.
 That’s all for today. You can go now.
 Have you finished?
 Stop now.
 Any questions?
 Collect your work please.
 Pack up your books.
 One minute to finish that activity. It’s nearly time to go.
 Are your desks tidy?
 Don’t forget to bring your … tomorrow.
 The next class is waiting (outside/ to come in)
 You’ll be late for your next class (if you don’t stop now)
 We’ll have to finish this tomorrow/ in the next lesson
 Look at the time/ What time is it now?
 That’s all (we have time) for today.

Homework

 Remember your homework.


 Take a worksheet as you leave.
 What do you have to do before the next lesson?
 This is your homework for tonight.
 Finish this exercise
 Do the next exercise tonight, and we’ll check it tomorrow.
 Prepare the next chapter for Tuesday.
 Do exercise 5 on page 36 for your homework. There is no homework today.
 There is no homework tonight (but there will be tomorrow)

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