Teacher training worksheets- Classroom language for starting and ending lessons Without looking at the sentences below,

listen to your trainer some of them out and hold up the card that represents what you hear. Label each section below with Starting or Ending (each section is for one category or the other), then test each other in pairs with the person listening not looking at the worksheet. A Get into a queue/ line up next to the door Form a queue and wait for the bell. Try not to make any noise as you leave/ No shouting/ No speaking in the orridor !e quiet as you leave. "ther lasses are still working. ! #s everybody ready to start$ # hope you are all ready for your %nglish lesson. # think we an start now. Now we an get down to work. &et's begin( &et's start( ) Today/ #n this lesson/ This week we'll learn how to ... / we will study*/ we will pra ti e * +from last week, The aim of this lass is +to, * That's all for today .e've run out of time /ut your books and pen ils away/ in your bag % 0ee you next week/ tomorrow/ on .ednesday/ next term/ after the holiday/ later/ this afternoon )lose your books. /ut your books away. /a k your things away. 1ou may pa k away now F Good morning/ afternoon/ evening +everyone/ lass/ boys and girls, 2ow are you +today,$ / 2ow are things$ / 2ow3s life$ +-id you have a, good weekend$/ -id anyone do anything spe ial at the weekend$ 1ou +all, look tired/ hot/ old #s it hot/ old/ humid/ snowing/ raining outside/ at the moment$ Are you +all, feeling better today$ G 4y name is 4r/4rs/4s 5im. #'m your new %nglish tea her/ #3m your %nglish tea her this year/ this term/ today. #'ve got five lessons with you ea h week. #3m overing for your usual tea her +today/ this week,6 who has a old 2 #'m waiting for you to be quiet/ to settle down/ .e won't start until everyone is quiet. 0top talking and be quiet. 0ettle down now so we an start. .ritten by Alex )ase for 7sing%nglish. om 8 9::;

# .ho is absent today$ / .ho isn't here today$ .hat's the matter with 0tefano today$ / .hat's wrong with <im today$ -oes anyone know where 2yo 1oung is$/ Any idea why 2yo 1oung is absent$ < #t's almost time to stop. #'m afraid it's time to finish now. .e'll have to stop here. There's the bell. #t's time to stop. That's all for today. 1ou an go now. 5 The bell hasn't gone yet. There are still two minutes to go. .e still have a ouple of minutes left. The lesson doesn't finish till five past. 1our wat h must be fast. & .here have you been$ .e started ten minutes ago. .hat have you been doing$ -id you miss your bus/ oversleep$ -on't let it happen again. 4 "ne more thing before you go. .ait a minute/ 2ang on a moment/ <ust hold on a moment/ 0tay where you are for a moment/ <ust a moment6 please. / <ust a se / <ust a se ond/ .ait for it( +Go, ba k to your pla es/ .here are you going$/ .here do you think you are going$/ -on3t you think you are =umping the gun$ N .e'll do the rest of this hapter next time. .e'll finish this exer ise next lesson. .e've run out of time6 so we'll ontinue next lesson. .e'll ontinue this hapter next 4onday. The next lass starts at > o3 lo k " This is your homework for tonight. -o exer ise ?: on page 9@ for your homework. /repare the next hapter for 4onday. There is no homework tonight. -on3t forget your homework. Take a worksheet as you leave. / Goodbye6 everyone. 0ee you again next .ednesday. 0ee you tomorrow afternoon. 0ee you in room A after the break. 2ave a good holiday. %n=oy your va ation. .ritten by Alex )ase for 7sing%nglish. om 8 9::;

B Are you ready +to start/ to learn %nglish,$ "56 let's get started(/ let3s go(/ let3s get started. %nglish time( +No more 5orean(, +%veryone be, quiet please( &et's begin our lesson now. C .e seem to have finished early. .e have an extra five minutes. 0it quietly until the bell goes. / # don3t remember hearing a bell .hy are you pa king your bags already$ -id anyone tell you to pa k your bags$ Label the sections above with these functions Lateness Greetings and small talk Introductions Waiting to start Register Saying goodbye Homework Lea ing the room !ot time to sto"# Telling students your aims Time to sto" !hoose one of those categories and challenge your partner to come up with as many different things to say with that function (not necessarily the ones here) as possible Listen to your partner reading out one of the phrases, and reply as if you are a student. "o the same, but continuing the dialogues.

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Teacher training worksheets- Classroom language for starting and ending lessons Trainer$s instructions #hotocopy and cut out the worksheet below so that each course participant has one Starting and one Ending card. $hey should hold up those cards while you are reading out the sentences or while they are testing each other, as per the instructions on Worksheet %. &ou can also play a more fun variation where there is one of each card on the table between three or four students and they race to slap the right card after a sentence is read out. 'fter they have finished, discuss if this activity or a variation on it can be used in their classes.

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