5 Blackboard activity

COME OUT, WRITE

Come out to the blackboard, please

Go to the board

Go up to the blackboard

Come and stand by the blackboard

You have already been out to the board

Who hasn't been out to the blackboard yet?

Whose turn is it to write the sentence up?

Come and write the word on the board

Come out and write that sentence on the board

Write it next to/above/below that word

Take a piece of chalk and write the sentence out

Here's a piece of chalk. Write it up on the board

Try and keep your writing straight/level

Move out of the way so that everyone can see

Step aside so that the class can see what you

have written

Move to one side so that we can all see

Go and fetch some chalk from the office

I've run out of chalk

Would you go and look for some chalk for me, please

Does anyone know where the chalk is kept?

Dc you know if there's any coloured chalk?

ATTENTION, READ, CLEAN

Everyone look at the blackboard, please

Everybody look at the board

Let's look at the sentences on the board

Are the sentences on the board right?

Are there any mistakes in the sentences on

the board?

Anything wrong with sentence 5?

Rub out the wrong word

Wipe out/off the last letter

Rub that off

Is there anything to correct in sentence 3?

Read out the sentences on the blackboard

Bill, read the first sentence

Let's all read the sentences from the board

We'll read them again, but this time all together

Copy this down from the blackboard

I'll write up the correct answers on the board

I want you to copy the questions down in your notebooks

Make a note of the last two sentences

Try to note/jot down the new words as we go along

Whose turn is it to clean the board?

Who is the monitor?

Clean the board, please, Bill

We can wipe this last exercise off now

Use the duster/sponge

Wet the sponge under the tap

You can wipe this line off

Leave the answers on the board

There's no need to rub that exercise off

6 Audio/visual aids activity

ELECTRONICS, ACOUSTICS

Could you plug the recorder in, please

Turn it on/off Switch it on/off

Put this plug in the socket over there

Unplug the recorder

Pull the plug out of the wall

The tape recorder seems to be broken

There's/there seems to be something wrong (with it)

The recorder isn't working properly

I have/seem to have brought the wrong tape

There's nothing we can do about it

There's nothing to be clone

Do any of you know anything about tape re­corders?

Does anyone know how this works?

I can't find the switch

Can you all hear?

Is it clear enough?

Is the sound clear enough?

Is the volume all right?

Can you hear at the back?

Is that better?

I'll just find the place

Wait a moment/second/minute, I'll just rewind the tape

Let me just find the beginning again

Look at the questions while I find the place

Sorry about the delay

PRACTICE

Let's Listen to the tape now

Please, get ready to record

rewind your tapes and listen again

First of all. listen to the conversation

Now you'll hear the conversation on the tape.

Here goes

Off we go then

Here it comes

Listen again

I think you are more or less ready, so let's see how you got on

I'll return your tests now.

І give you your tests back and we can go through then

Let's listen to it once more/once again

Now we'll listen to it again

We'll stop here/there for a moment

Listen and repeat

All together, after the tape

Repeat after the tape

As you listen, do exercise 5

As you listen, fill in the missing words

While you listen/you are listening, answer question 2

While listening, mark your answer sheet

Before listening, read through the questions

As you listen, mark your answer sheet

Before listening again, familiarize yourselves with the questions

Now I have a pop song for you

Listen to the words of the song

Try to follow what the singer is saying

PREPARATIONS

Let's look at some pictures

Now we're going to look at some (colour) slides

I want you to look at this picture

I'm going to show you some slides of England

I have a film to show you today

There's a diagram I'd like to show you on the

OHP (overhead projector)

Put the screen up

Draw the curtains

Close the blinds

Pull down the screen

Plug in the projector

Switch on the projector

Switch the lights off

Lights out, please

Turn the lights on again

Put the lights back on

Pull the plug out

Unplug the projector

Roll up the screen

Put the screen away

Draw Ihe curtains

Next picture, please

Let's go on to the next one

Adjust the focus, please

A bit sharper, please

I'm afraid this one is upside down/back to front

I seem to have put this one in the wrong way

round

PRACTICE

Everyone, look at the screen

Look at the picture

Can you all see?

Sit somewhere where you can see

I'll ask you some questions about the pic­ture

What can you see in the picture?

Tell me what you can see

What can you say about the picture?

What is there in the corner/background?

What is happening in this picture?

Describe some of the people in the picture

Pass this picture round I'll let this photograph go round

I'll pass this book round

Have a look and then pass it on

Come out and write the answer (on the over­head projector)

Come and write the answer on the overhead transparency

Here's a felt-tip pen.

Come and write your an­swer down

TRANSITIONS

Now we shall do some groupwork.

We can look up the new words first of all.

When you have done that, you can continue with number 8.

Let's move on to something different.

Let's stop here for while.

We can come back to this exercise a bit later.

Finally, I want you to ....

To finish (off) with, you can do some reading.

I would like you to do it in the following way.

Try to do it the way we did it last time.

Let me explain what I want you to do.

The idea of this exercise is to ...

The point of the exercise is for you to ask me some questions.

What this exercise is trying to do is (to) make you think.

Are you all clear .about what you have to do?

Are there any questions?

You can spend ten minutes on this.

You have five minutes to complete this.

You'll have to stop in two minutes / minutes' time.

Don't spend more than a few minutes on / doing this.

PUPIL/STUDENT LANGUAGE

I didn't get that down.

Could you say it again?

I missed the beginning of what you said.

Could you explain again, please?

I don't understand what I suppose to do.

Do you mean that we should ... ?

Could you repeat the instructions, please?

Shall we do the exercise in our workbooks?

Are we supposed to finish this off at home?

What shall we do when we've finished?

What do we have to do next?

Could you write it up on the board, please?

What's wrong with (saying) ...?

Why did you mark this wrong?

Why did you put a line under this word?

Isn't there a mistake in sentence 4?

Shouldn't there be an article?

Shouldn't the verb be in the future?

I think X. has made a mistake on the board.