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Exercises

76.4 Write down five words or expressions including the word ‘phone’ or ‘telephone’.
26.2 Fill the gaps in these phone conversations with suitable words or phrases.
A a: Good morning. Boulding Limited. Can I help you?
B: Yes. Qe Paul Mathews and I’m trying to contact Mr Patterson. He
actually left a). on my answerphone yesterday afternoon.
A: I see. Well, I’m afraid Mr Patterson’s !3)...00000000000cceeeeeeeeee at the moment. Can I ask him
tO bones later?
B: Yes please. I shall be here until lunchtime. My !5)......00.0000..0..006. is 748 7267.
RE Hi. eee Sandra?
B a: Hello.
RE No, sorry. Pm {7}... Sandra’s not here at the moment.
Oh. Do you know when she’ll 88)..0000000000 ce. ?
PRE No, I’ve no idea.
OK. Well in that case, could I)... eee. Booecoeeveccceeeeeeeeeeeeeveee: for her?
Yes, of course.
Could you ask her to 19.0000 this evening, please?
PUREE : Right. I'll tell her.
: Sure. What’s your name?
: Catherine. I’m a colleague from work. She’s got my number.

Thanks very much. Bye bye.
: Bye.
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C A: Hello?
Brees Carlos?
A: Yeah, speaking.
B: Hi Carlos. 2)... cece Serena.
A: Oh hello. I was expecting you to ring yesterday.
B: I did - or at least I tried. 103)... your number about six times last night
but I couldn’t 400000 e Tt was 89). eee all the time.
A: Oh yes, I’m sorry about that. I was !9)..0000.0 the phone to my brother for
ee
about an hour and then someone from school rang me about the table tennis
tournament next week.
B: Oh well, never mind. Anyway I’m phoning about ...

76.3 Can you answer these questions?
CUNKARWNE From your country, what’s the dialling code for the United Kingdom?
In your country, what is the emergency number for the police, fire brigade or ambulance?
Is there a Directory Enquiries? What number is it?

How much does it cost to make a local call?
How often do you have to pay your phone bill?
Is it cheaper to phone during the night?
What’s the phone number of your English school?
Have you ever made a reverse charge call? If so, who was it to?
If possible, compare and discuss your answers with someone from the same country.

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