Giving instructions and asking for information
Instructions are one of the most important language functions in any bilingual setting.
• Please repeat after me. Could you repeat that,
please? First listen, and then repeat.
Say it with me.
• Give me some more examples, please.
• Do you understand?
• Alicia, read the next sentence. Can you read
this word?
• Look at exercise two. Can you read
the instructions, please?
• Keep going.
• Can you speak louder?
• What does …. mean? Can you spell it, please?
How do you spell … , please?
• Is this correct?
• Can you write it on the board, please?
• What’s the English word for … ?
• Could you repeat that, please? I’m sorry, I don’t
understand.
• What page are we on?
• Shall I go on?
• Can we play a game?
• Can I see your exercises, please? Please do the
following exercises.
• Has anyone got a spare pen/pencil/rubber?
• Let’s practise that again.
• Who has finished?
• Come here, please. Go back to your seat.
• Look at the board.
• Listen to the cassette. Listen to me.
• Tell me the answer. Write the answers.
Read the question.
• Colour the picture. Cut it out. Draw a ...
Point to the ...
• Show me your work.
• Put your pencils down.
• Watch the video.
• Say the whole sentence, please.
• Say it again, please. Say it in English, please!
• Say it more slowly.
• Copy these words into your notebooks.
• Don’t start yet! You can start now.
• Come to the front, please.
• Correct your partner’s work.
• Put your hand up if you don’t understand.
Put your hand up if you know the answer.
• Fill in the gaps.
• Match the words and the pictures.
Match the words to the pictures.
• Finish the exercise.
• Do the crossword on page seven.
• Look for the words. Unjumble the sentences.
• Let’s play bingo/hangman.
• Can you all see?
• Is that right?
• Pull down the blinds, please. Turn off the tap.
Flush the toilet and wash your hands.
• Copy me. Follow me.
• Fold the paper. Stick it on the poster.
Put it on the wall.
• Tie your shoe laces.
• Wipe your nose! Blow your nose! Use a hankie!
• Bless you!
• Hurry up!
• Hands up! Hands down!
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