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Vocabulary Practice
Exercise 1: Test Yourself
- to get through
- tone
- telephone directory
- to hold on
- yellow pages
- engaged
- country code
- Could you take a message?
- directory enquiries
- Can I take a message?
- mobile phone
- to pick up
- operator
- ring
- to redirect
- message
- Can I help you?
- Hello.
- busy
- service
- phone booth
- to dial
- to hang up
- Can I speak to ...?
- call
- to put through
- Hold the line, please.
- answering machine
- I'm calling from ...
- reverse charge call
- Who's speaking?
- fax
- I'm calling about ...
- One moment, please.
- telephone
- phone
- phone card
- switchboard
- You've got the wrong number.
- Could you spell that please?
- line
- Who's calling?
- I'll get back to you later
- extension
- cell-phone
- Could you repeat that please?
- to switch off
- collect call
- receiver
- area code
Grammar Practice
Exercise 2: Transformation
- Does he speak to Barbara White?
- Does the caller leave a message?
- Does Mr Rodriguez live in Spain?
- Does Mr Popescu work in Bucharest?
- Does a mobile phone call cost more?
- Do you want to leave a message?
- Do you accept the call?
- Do you know her number?
- Do they use their mobile phone a lot?
- Do they often ring their father?
Exercise 3: Transformation
- Yes, he speaks to Barbara White.
- Yes, the caller leaves a message.
- Yes, Mr Rodriguez lives in Spain.
- Yes, Mr Popescu works in Bucharest.
- Yes, a mobile phone call costs more.
- Yes, I want to leave a message.
- Yes, I accept the call.
- Yes, I know her number.
- Yes, they use their mobile phones a lot.
- Yes, they often ring their father.
Exercise 4: Transformation
- No, Mr Philips doesn't work in a school.
- No, he doesn't know the number.
- No, she doesn't want a double room.
- No, the number doesn't appear in the yellow pages.
- No, I don't use different lines.
- No, I don't want to leave a message.
- No, I don't know what time she'll be back.
- No, I don't want to call back later.
- No, they don't work in the same office.
- No, I don't want to ask any more questions.