CLASSROOM EXPRESSIONS

Beginning of the lesson

1. Stand up!

Pupils, greet their teachers by standing up. You must greet your elders by standing up. Stand still!

Stand exactly behind each other. Stand in a row. Stand in a line.

2. Sit down!

3. Go to the teachers' room and bring your form's re­gister.

Let's call the register / the roll.*

I'll check over your names with the list.*

Now, children, stand up as I call out your names.

4. Are you a new pupil?

Is your name on the list?

I want to enter your name on the list / in the register. Please tell me your full name. Tell me your name in full.*

5. Who reports today? * Who is on duty today?

The pupil on duty, report on attendance.

Whose turn is it to make a report on attendance?

Answer from your seat.

Who is the headboy (headgirl) / monitor of your form/ class?

Who(m) did you appoint to duty?*

Where is your arm-band? *

The pupils on duty wear red arm-bands.

Is anybody late for the lesson?

Please put down the names of those who are late.

6. There is no date on the blackboard.

Write the date in the top right-hand corner.

Write the month in letters and the date in figures.

What is the date today?

What date is it today?

What date comes before (after) the tenth of De­cember? .

How do you read the date "The 11th of December"? (It is read "The eleventh of December".) How do you read the date "December 22"? (It is read "December the twenty-second.")

7. What day is it today?

What is the first (second, etc.) day of the week?

What day comes before (after) Tuesday?

What day comes between Friday and Sunday?

Teacher's remarks on attendance

1. Why were you absent from classes on Saturday? Why did you miss school? *

This is not a valid excuse.*

Why did you cut lessons yesterday? *

2. Where is your written excuse / note from your parents?

Give me your day-book. I'll make a note on your attendance.

Ask your father to sign it.*

You have a poor excuse for your absence yesterday. Don't justify yourself. Don't invent an excuse!

3. I'm sorry to hear (that) you were ill.

You have missed a lot of lessons because of illness. But that was no fault of yours.

You must work hard to catch up with the rest of the class.

4. What's the matter with you?

Are you ill? You are not well, are you?

I excuse you from lessons today.*

Go and ask your form-master for permission to leave.

5. What made you come so late? You left home too late, didn't you?

Did your alarm-clock stop? You did not catch the bus, did you? 6. Why are you late?

The bell has already rung / gone. You must come to the classroom in time. I say, Kate, why did you come late again?

Remarks on order in the classroom and readiness for the lesson

1. Your classroom is very untidy. Look at the scrap of paper on the floor. Ann, don't you see the scraps of paper on the floor near your desk?

Please pick them up and throw them into the basket.

2. The room is not aired.

You must all leave the classroom during the break. Open the airing window during the break.*

3. There is no chalk.

Don't you know what your duty is? Go and bring / fetch the chalk. Don't be long.*

4. Pick up the duster. Rub it / everything off!

You must hurry, the bell will go in a minute.

5. Why are your desks not in line? Leave a passage between the desks.

Move your desks apart, don't crowd them together.*

6. Are you all ready for the lesson with your books and exercise-books / copy-books / notebooks?

What a mess on your desk! Your things are upside-down! * Put your things together! * What are those books over there?

7. Take care of your desk.

Don't spoil / damage your desk.

8. At what desk is your (regular) place? Why have you changed your place?

Pupils are not allowed to sit wherever they want. I'll move you to your proper place! *

9. Shall I tell you where to sit? Sit next to Vera.

Change your place with Jane. Change places with Jane.

Why are you moving from place to place? *

Give your place to Jane! *

You'll sit at the back of the room.

Go and sit in the back (front) row.

Take the front (back) seat.