英语课堂用语

I. Classroom English for teachers

A. Beginning a class

1. Class begins.

2. Good morning (Good afternoon), class (boys and girls)!

3. Stand up (Sit down), please.

4. Who is on duty today?

5. Is everyone (everybody) here?

6. Is anyone (anybody) absent? (Who’s absent?)

7. We’ll start (begin) a new lesson today.

8. What day is it today?

9. What’s the date today?

10. What’s the weather like today?

B. In class

11. Let’s begin a new lesson.

12. Let’s do some revision.

13. Let’s learn some new words (sentences).

14. Ready? (Are you ready?)

15. Start!

16. Read (Say) all together.

17. Stop talking (Be quiet), please.

18. Listen (Listen to me) carefully, please.

19. Please listen to the tape recorder (to the recording).

20. Look at my mouth, please.

21. Don’t look at your books. Look at me.

22. Hurry! (Hurry up, please!)

23. Do you understand?

24. Can you follow me?

25. Is that clear?

26. Please look at the blackboard (picture, slide).

27. Answer my question(s), please.

28. Can you spell the word …? (Spell the word …, please.)

29. Pay attention to your spelling (pronunciation).

30. Say (Read) after me, please.

31. Say it again (Repeat, Once more), please.

32. Who’s going to?

33. Please come to the front.

34. Please go back to your seat(s).

35. Practise in groups (In groups), please.

36. In pairs, please.

37. Who wants to try?

38. Let’s do it. One by one, please. 

39. Now you (Next), please.

40. Now you do the same.

41. Put up (Raise) your hands, please.

42. Put down your hands, please.

43. Put it (tem) into Chinese (English).

44. In English, please.

45. What’s this in Chinese (English)?

46. Please take out your books.

47. Please open your books at page …

48. Turn to page …

49. Close (Shut) your books, please.

50. Who can pronounce it?

51. Please read out this letter (word, sentence).

52. How do you read this letter (word, sentence)?

53. Pardon?

54. I can’t hear you clearly. Louder, please.

55. Will you please help me? 

56. Who can help her (him)?

57. Can you try? (Try, please.)

58. Don’t be afraid (shy, nervous).

59. Think it over and try again.

60. Try (Do) your best.

61. Let’s have a dictation.

62. Is this correct (right or wrong)?

63. Is it easy (difficult)?

64. Stop here. (Now stop.)

65. Go on, please.

66. Let’s sing an English song.

67. Let’s act (do the dialogue).

68. Who wants to be A?

69. Now Tom will be A and I will be B.

70. This half of the class will be A, and the other half will be B.

71. Ask each other questions.

72. Please answer my question(s).

73. English people do not talk in this way.

74. Now it’s your turn,…

C. Commenting

75. Good. Thank you.

76. Right. (All right. That’s right.)

77. OK! (That’s OK.)

78. Good! (Very good! Great! Excellent! Well done!)

79. That’s wrong.

80. You’ve done well today.

81. I’m sure you’ll do even better next time.

82. Your English has improved greatly.

D. Exercises and homework

83. We’ll do Exercise 1 and 2.

84. Copy the word, twice each.

85. Do it orally before you write it out.

86. Do your best to write well.

87. Learn these words by heart.

88. We’ll have a dictation (spelling test) next time.

89. For today’s homework, please review the text carefully.

90. You must do your homework carefully and finish it in time.

E. Dismissing the class

91. Hand in your workbooks, please.

92. The bell is ringing. (There goes the bell.)

93. Time is up. Let’s stop here.

94. That’s all for today.

95. Class is over.

96. Goodbye! (Bye. See you next time.)

II. Classroom English for Children

1. Everyone (Everybody) is here.

2. … is not here. (… and … are not here.)

3. Today is Monday (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday).)

4. Today is September the first, 200…

5. It’s fine (rainy, cloudy, windy, …) today.

6. I’m sorry I’m late.

7. I’m sorry. I don’t understand.

8. I can’t see it (them) clearly.

9. What’s the English for …?

10. Pardon?

11. I can’t follow you.

12. May I ask you a few questions?