Phrases for Telling Someone to Wait

Step 1: Introduction (Engagement Activity)

🎯 Objective: Introduce the concept of telling someone to wait in a polite and natural way.

🗣 Warm-up Question:

• "What do you say when someone is rushing you?"
• "How do you ask someone to wait politely?"

📍 Demonstration:
Act out a situation where a student asks you a question, and you respond using a phrase like:

• "Hold on a second!"
• "Just a moment, please."

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Step 2: Teach Common Phrases

✅ Basic Phrases (Beginner Level)

• "Wait a minute."
• "Just a second."
• "Hold on."
• "Give me a moment."

✅ Polite Phrases (Intermediate Level)

• "Could you wait for a moment, please?"
• "I'll be right with you."
• "Bear with me for a moment."
• "Just a moment, I’ll check."

✅ Formal Phrases (Advanced Level)

• "Please bear with me while I finish this."
• "If you could hold on for a moment, I'd appreciate it."
• "Allow me a moment to get back to you."

📌 Practice Tip: Write these phrases on the board or display them on a screen.

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Step 3: Interactive Activities

🎭 Activity 1: Role Play (Real-life Situations)
👥 Pair up students and give them different scenarios.

• Situation 1: A student is asking a shopkeeper for information, but the shopkeeper is busy.
• Situation 2: A person is on a phone call but needs to ask the caller to wait.
• Situation 3: A teacher is explaining something, and a student interrupts with a question.

⏳ Task: Each student must respond using an appropriate waiting phrase.

🗣 Example Role-Play:
👩‍🎓: "Excuse me, can you tell me the price of this item?"
👨‍💼: "Sure! Just a moment, I’ll check for you."

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🎤 Activity 2: "Hold on" Challenge

• Each student picks a phrase from the list.
• One student starts a conversation and asks something.
• The other must respond using a phrase to tell them to wait.
• Students switch roles after every round.

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🎲 Activity 3: "Guess the Phrase" Game

• Write the phrases on flashcards.
• One student picks a card and acts out a scenario where they have to use the phrase.
• The rest of the class guesses which phrase was used.

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Step 4: Reinforcement & Wrap-up

📝 Quick Recap:

• Ask students to write down three phrases they learned.
• Have them use one phrase in a sentence.

💬 Discussion:

• When should we use polite vs. informal phrases?
• How can using the right phrase improve communication?