Additional CL for finish classes
Hurrying up the final activity
“Just five minutes till the end of the class, so just two minutes more for that activity”
“One minute!… Thirty seconds!…Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, a half, a quarter, an eighth, a sixteenth, stop!!”
“Just finish that sentence/ exercise/ paragraph/ question and then put your pens down”
Packing up/ Finishing the last activity
“Put your books and pencils away/ in your bag”
“Okay, time up. Close down all the programs but don’t turn the computers off”
“Put your books away.”
“Pack your things away.”
“You may pack away now”
Summarizing and reviewing the class
“You’ve done really well today”
“We didn’t have time for the roleplays/ a free speaking activity/ to go through the homework, so we’ll do that next week”
“Let’s go through what we’ve studied today one more time”
“Let’s tick the things on the lesson plan on the board that we did/ that you can now do”
“Do you feel more confident about the test/ using the Present Perfect Continuous now?”
“I think you’ll find what we studied today really useful when you study abroad/ use English at work/ write essays, especially…”
“The aims of today’s lesson were…, so I think we achieved…”
“Well, I didn’t expect to (be talking about)… but it was very useful/ interesting, I reckon”
Talking about the next lesson
“We’ll do the rest of this chapter next time.”
“We’ll finish this exercise next lesson.”
“We’ve run out of time, so we’ll continue next lesson.”
“We’ll continue this chapter next Monday.”
“The next class starts at 5 o’clock”
“We’ll practice that one more time next week”
“Right, I think we have no more problems with the passive now. Next week we will move onto…”
“Today’s lesson was hard work, so we’ll do something a little easier/ a bit more fun in the next class”
“It’s been mainly grammar today, so next week we’ll do more skills work/ vocabulary/ speaking”
“I was pleasantly surprised by how easy you all found that. I’ll have to think of something more difficult for next week!”
“When is the next lesson?”
“Did I tell you (all) that the next lesson is in the main hall/ in the Self Access Centre?”
“So, remember next week is a holiday. So I’ll see you in two weeks/ the week after next”
“Oh yes, you’re right, there’s a holiday. In that case, I’ll see you the week after next”
“I’m on holiday next week, so they’ll be a cover teacher/ replacement teacher…”
“We’ll start the next lesson by../ with the next person’s presentation”
“We’re finishing this lesson a little early/ late, so the next lesson will start at 9:35”
“Please don’t be late for the second lesson”
“Please apologise to your next teacher for me making you late”
“You’d better hurry to your next lesson (but no running in the corridors)”
“We’ve finished the book! So, next lesson we’ll do some revision before the final test at the end of term”
“And that is the end of Unit 3. Next week we’ll do a little revision and start unit 4”
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