CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

Greetings
 Good morning, everybody
 Good afternoon, everyone
 Hello, everyone
 Hello there, James
 How are you today? I hope you’re all
feeling well
 How are you getting on?
 how’s life?
 How are things with you?
 Are you feeling better today, Bill?
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 Who is absent today?
 Who is missing?
 Who isn’t here today?
 What’s the matter with Diana today?
 What’s wrong with Jim today?
 Who was absent last time?
 Who wasn’t here last Friday?
 Why were you absent last Friday, Bill?
Time to begin
 Let’s begin our lesson now
 Is everybody ready to start? Today
we’re going to discuss/learn about…
 I hope you are all ready for English
lesson
 I think we can start now
 It’s time to start now
 Now we can get down to work
Waiting to start
 I’m waiting for you to be quiet
 We won’t start until everyone is
quiet
 Stop talking and be quiet
 Settle down now so we can start
Put your things away
 Close your books
 Put your books away
 Pack your things away
Late
 Where have you been?
 We started ten minutes ago. What have
you been doing?
 Well, sit down and get started
 Please hurry up and sit down. We’ve
already started.
 That’s all right. Sit down and we can start
 Try not to be late next time
 Try to be here on time next time
 Don’t let it happen again.
Thank you