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CLASSROOM LANGUAGE



Yolandaprieto
Spain

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
 
Hello everybody,
 
I would like to know what is the expression you would use in the following context: you want to give your students a photocopy each and to save time, you give a little heap to the students at the front row. What do you say to those students to make them pick one and pass the others to the rest of the students behind him/her?
I hope you canunderstand my question.
Thanks in advance
Yolanda

24 Nov 2015      





David Lisgo
Japan

"Take one and pass them back/around."
 

24 Nov 2015     



almaz
United Kingdom

I don�t usually work with �rows� as such nowadays, but I�d say something along the lines of "take one and pass the rest on/round/back" � usually accompanied by a gesture, depending on the layout.
 
Oh, and I normally have them counted out in advance, appropriate to the groups/rows. 
 
Alex 

24 Nov 2015     



Jayho
Australia

Hi Yolanda
 
I work with groups of 4 or 6.  I pass half of my pile to one group at the front and the other half to a group at the front on the other side of the room and say "take one and pass them on".
 
Cheers
 
Jayho
 
 

24 Nov 2015     



asungilsanz
Spain

Hello!
 
Thanks for these useful answers.
 
But what about the other way around? The students have finished a test and you want them to collect their exam papers giving it to the person in front. Is there a good way to express this instruction?
 
Thanks

24 Nov 2015     



almaz
United Kingdom

If it�s an exam and you�re the only invigilator, collect them yourself. If you ask them to pass them forward, you often find students checking each other�s scripts before it gets to you. Not an ideal situation.

24 Nov 2015     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

Pass them forward. 
Pass your papers to the front, please. 

24 Nov 2015     



asungilsanz
Spain

Thank you very much for your answers

25 Nov 2015