chalk board

Meaning

A chalk board is a large black or green board on a classroom wall that teachers write on using chalk. While many modern schools now use whiteboards or smartboards, chalk boards are still used in many classrooms around the world.

Examples

• The teacher wrote the homework assignment on the chalk board.

  The teacher wrote the homework assignment on the chalk board.

• Can you please clean the chalk board with this wet sponge?

  Can you please clean the chalk board with this wet sponge?

• I had trouble reading the math equations on the dusty chalk board.

  I had trouble reading the math equations on the dusty chalk board.

• The student went up to the chalk board to solve the grammar exercise.

  The student went up to the chalk board to solve the grammar exercise.

• We used yellow and white chalk to draw a map on the chalk board.

  We used yellow and white chalk to draw a map on the chalk board.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ The teacher wrote the words on the black table.

  ✓ The teacher wrote the words on the chalk board.

  Translating literally from other languages can lead to calling it a 'table' (like 'tabula' or 'board'). In English, a table is for sitting at, and a board on the wall is a 'chalk board' or 'blackboard'.

• ✗ Please erase the chalk board with this brush.

  ✓ Please erase the chalk board with this eraser.

  While we use a brush-like tool, the object used to clean a board is called a 'board eraser' or 'board duster'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Please look at the ___ while I explain the lesson.

  💡 The dark board on the wall that teachers write on with chalk

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  chalk board

• The teacher asked me to wipe the ___ after class.

  💡 It gets dusty from chalk

  Show answer

  chalk board