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Здравствуйте, ребята!

-Good morning, boys and girls! or:

-Good afternoon, everybody! or:

-Hello, Form 6! (very informal)

-How do you do?

"How do you do?" is used only when one is introduced to a stranger for the first time.

2.

Садитесь.

-Sit down, everybody. or:

-Take your places.

-Be seated. or:

-Take a seat.

"Sit down" is the universal and most usual form. It can be used when the pupil is standing at his desk or after he has finished writing on the blackboard. "Take your places" is more often used if the pupils have moved away from their desks.�"Be seated" is old-fashioned or very formal.�"Take a seat" means "Sit down wherever you wish". �It could be said to a guest at a dinner party but not in the classroom.

3.

Приготовьтесь к уроку.

-Get ready for the lesson.

-Get ready to the lesson. or:

-Prepare for the lesson.

"Get ready for the lesson " means to put textbooks, exercise-books, pens and pencils on the desk, whereas " to prepare for the lesson" means to be able to answer.

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Не шумите!

-Quieten down, please! or:

-Don't be so noisy! or:

-Don't make so much noise! or:

-Quiet, please!

-Don't be noisy.

Quieten=quiet, but quiet is usually preferred. The phrase "don't be noisy" is too imperative and lacking in politeness.

6.

Пересядь на своё место.

-(Go and) sit in your own place, please.

-Move to your proper place.

We can't refer to our seat as a "proper" one, for "propee" means "fitting", "suitable"

7.

Поменяйся местами с Сашей.

-Will you change places with Sasha?

-Change your place with Sasha. or:

-Exchange your places with Sasha.

"Change your place" sounds imperative and impolite. "To exchange" implys giving one thing in place of another.

11.

Сколько человек отсутствует?

-How many pupils are absent today?

-How many persons are absent today?

"Person" means man, woman or child (often derogatory).

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Давайте повторим этот звук.

-Let's work again on this sound. or:�-Let's do some more work on this sound. 

-Let's revise this sound.

You can't revise a sound, for "revise" means to correct and improve smth, especially before an examination.

15.

Теперь послушайте, как я произношу этот звук.

-Now I want you to listen to how I pronounce this sound.

-I want you to listen how I pronounce this sound.

The verb "listen" requires the proposition "to".

16.

Ты должен поработать над этим звуком.

-You must practice this sound at home.

-You must train this sound at home.

"To train " means to give teaching and practice to a child (a soldier, animal) in order to bring to a desired standard of behavior, efficiency or physical condition.

10.

Вставайте, когда я буду называть вашу фамилию.

-Please stand up when I call out your names.

-Rise as I call out your names.

This sentence can produce a humorous effect, as the expression "rise as I call out your names" suggests the idea that you ask the pupils to get up from a lying, sitting or kneeling position.

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Постройтесь в ряд.

-Form a row. or:

-Form a line.

-Build a row.

The verb "build" means to make smth by putting parts of some material together. The phrase sounds funny if you think that you ask the pupils to build up a row which is impossible.

81.

Возьмитесь за руки.

-Hold hands.

-Take your hands.

It does sound strange as if you have your hands cut off and are asked to take them.

75.

А теперь хором. Три, четыре!

-And now all together. One, two, three!

-And now in chorus. Tree, four!

"In chorus" is used in written materials, as this word is slightly literary and poetic.

92.

Не спеши, когда поёшь.

-Don't hurry when you sing.

-Don't be in a hurry when you sing.

The phrase "to be in a hurry" is actually used when the stress is on the lack of time. E. g. "I'm in a hurry" means that "I haven't got the time to talk to you". The verb "hurry" is used when the stress is on the speed of the action. E. g. The bell has gone and the students hurried to their classrooms.

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Давайте проанализируем ваши ошибки.

-Let's go over your mistakes. or:

-Let's look at your mistakes.

-Let's analyze your mistakes.

"To analyze " means to examine smth in order to learn what it is made up of.

55.

Откройте тетради.

-Open your exercise-books, please.

-Open your notebooks. or:

-Open your copy-books.

A notebook is a book in which one writes short records or facts and intended to help the memory. A copy-book is a book containing models of hand writing for leaners to imitate.

44.

Иди к доске.

-Will you come to the blackboard? or:

-Come to the blackboard, please.

-Go to the black-board.

"Go to the blackboard " means to move to the place opposite to where the speaker was.

46.

Смотрите, что он пишет на доске.

-Look at (pay attention to) what he is writing on the blackboard.

-Watch the black-board.

The phrase implies that blackboard might run away and you set a watch to prevent it from running away. "To watch" means to observe an activity or event, something which includes motion or change.

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Отойди в сторону, пожалуйста.

-Will you stand (move, step) to one side? or:

-Could you stand (move, step) to one side, please.

-Step aside.

"Step (move, stand) to one side" is used when a pupil is standing at the blackboard the view. "Step aside" is commonly used addressing someone blocking the way.

48.

Посмотрите на доску.

-Look at the blackboard.

-Look here.

"Look here" doesn't normally mean "to look at smth or smb". It's often an exclamation, usually rather angry. It means something like "Послушай, ты..."

49.

Ты видишь, где у тебя ошибка?

-Do you (can you) see your mistake?

-Do you realize your mistake?

The phrase "Do you realize your mistake?" can be used with regard to mistaken judgement, bad behaviour, not with regard to grammatical mistakes.

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Кто знает- поднимите руки.

-Who knows the answer, put up your hands.

-Raise your hands.

"To put up one's hand" is a sign that one is ready to answer or ask a question, whereas "to raise one's hands" means to surrender.

52.

Опустите руки.

-Put your hands down.

-Lower your hands.

"Lower your hands" means simply that the hands were raised too high.

51.

Не все сразу. По одному.

-Not all at once. One at a time.

-One by one.

"One by one" suggests the idea of moving "По одному", "поодиночке", "один за другим".

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Не подсказывайте!

-Don't tell him the answer! or:

-No whispering the answer! or:

-Don't help him.

-Don't prompt!

The word "prompt" is of a theatre usage and means to remind an actor where necessary of his words.

20.

Как ты думаешь?

-What do you think?

-How do you think?

The thing is that you are interested in smb's opinion, and not in the process he does it.

21.

Почему ты не отвечаешь?

-Why don't you answer?

-Why are you silent?

Being silent does not imply that you don't know the answer to the question.

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Ты не готов к уроку.

-You haven't prepared your homework properly.

-You are not ready for the lesson.

One may be ready for the lesson with all his books, pens, and pencils carefully arranged on the desk and yet come with his/her home task undone.

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Я завтра снова спрошу тебя.

-I'll ask you again tomorrow.

-I'll call you out tomorrow.

"To call out "means to cry or to shout when needing help or from surprise, pain, etc.

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Я снижу тебе оценку.

-I'll give you a lower mark.

-I'll reduce your mark.

You can't reduce anybody's mark for it would mean that you are going to make it smaller in size or appearance.

29.

Ты активно работал на уроке.

-You worked well during the lesson.

-You were active during the lesson.

"Active" means energetic, lively, bustling.

99.

Вот ваши оценки.

-Here are your marks.

-Listen to your marks.

"Marks" can't talk to be listened to.

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Перейдём к чтению текста.

-Let's move (go on) to the reading of the text.

-Let's pass on (pass over) to the reading of the text.

The verb "pass" implies some physical movements such as walking, crossing, swimming.

33.

Достаньте книги.

-Will you get out (take out) your books. or:

-Get (take) your books out, please.

-Put out your books.

"To put out a book " would mean "выставить книгу", the way English people put out milk bottles and the cat before going to bed.

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Прочитайте отрывок на странице 3.

-Read the passage on page 3.

-Read the extract on page 3.

"An extract" means a passage selected from a book. It may as well suggest the idea that the passage is abbreviated and adapted.

35.

Читайте на странице 19.

-Read page 19.

-Read on page 19.

"Read on" means to continue reading.

36.

Читайте текст до стр. 20.

-Read the text up to page 20.

-Read the text till page 20.

"Till" is usually used when talking about time, not distance, area or scope.

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Посмотрите в свои книги.

-Look at your books.

-Look into your books.

"To look into" means to investigate, to examine. Thus the phrase "look into your books" would mean "изучи свой учебник".

39.

Переверните страницу.

-Turn over (the page).

-Turn the page.

"To turn a page" means to move it round a point, so as to face it in a different direction.

40.

Слушайте внимательно.

-Listen carefully.

-Listen attentively.

In describing smth. "attentively" is used rather than "carefully". E. g. He listened attentively to the teacher. But in the imperative "carefully" is used, with perhaps one exception :when talking to small children one may say, "Listen attentively".

42.

Читай быстрее.

-Could you read a little faster? or:

-Will you go a bit more quickly?

-Be quick! Quickly!

"To be Quick" means to be able to move fast.

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Запишите домашнее задание.

-I want you to write down your homework.

-Write down your homework, please, will you?

-Write down your homework (AE your home assignment).

This is a good example of teacher's nonauthentic speech. One should be very careful about using the Imperative Mood.

85.

Задайте 10 вопросов к тексту.

-Ask 10 questions on the text.

-Put 10 questions to the text.

The sentence can also produce a humorous effect, as the expression "to put questions to smb" means "задавать кому-либо вопросы". Do "put questions to the text" would imply that the pupils are expected to ask the text to answer the questions.

87.

Выполните упражнение 3 письменно.

-Do exercise 3 in writing, please.

-Do exercise 3 in a written form, please.

"In a written form " implies something already done (Past Tense). E. g. He presented his report in a written form.

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Выпишите незнакомые слова.

-Write out the new words.

-Write out the un-known (unfamiliar) words.

"Unknown" would tend to imply that the word is not known to anyone, including perhaps the teacher. "Unfamiliar" has an additional meaning, namely "strange", "unusual ".

97.

Звонок прозвенел.

-The bell has gone.

-The bell has rung.

"Has rung" does not sound authentic.

98.

Соберите свои вещи.

-Get your things together. or:

-Collect your things.

-Pack your things.

"To pack things " means to get ready for a journey.

100.

До свидания!

-Good morning! or:

-Good afternoon! or:

-See you tomorrow!

-Good - bye!

If you use the expression "Good-bye!", make sure you modify it so it doesn't sound too final. E. g. Good-bye till our next lesson.