open your book
/ˈoʊpən jɔːr bʊk/
Meaning
This is a direct instruction used by teachers to tell students to look inside their textbooks or notebooks. It is usually followed by a specific page number. The phrase is polite but firm, standard in any educational setting.
Examples
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Please open your book to page thirty-four.
Please open your book to page thirty-four.
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Open your book and look at the diagram at the top.
Open your book and look at the diagram at the top.
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Before we begin, open your book to the first chapter.
Before we begin, open your book to the first chapter.
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Everyone, open your book and read the first paragraph quietly.
Everyone, open your book and read the first paragraph quietly.
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Did you open your book to the correct page yet?
Did you open your book to the correct page yet?
Common Mistakes
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✗ Open your book on page 10.
✓ Open your book to page 10.
In English, we use the preposition 'to' when directing someone to a specific page after opening a book.
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✗ Please open the book's page.
✓ Please open your book.
You open the book itself, not the 'book's page'. You can say 'turn to page...' instead.
Related Expressions
Practice
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Please ___ to page forty-five and read the instructions.
💡 Start looking inside your textbook.
Show answer
open your book
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The teacher told us to ___ and start the exercises.
💡 Access the pages of your text.
Show answer
open your book