Focus on vocabulary.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 506.
1. Match each verb with the correct phrase below,
(a) dial (b) dial direct (c) look up (d) hold on (e) ring
(1) wait (2) ring a phone number (3) phone a number yourself
without using the operator (4) phone, call (5) find information
in a book
2. Match each word or phrase on the left below with the correct phrase
on the right.
| (a) wrong number | (1) busy (when someone is using the line you want) |
| (b) directory | (2) public phone box |
| (c) directory enquiries | (3) person who helps you make a phone call |
| (d) off-peak | (4) phone number you get by mistake |
| (e) interference | (5) service you phone if you want to find a phone number |
| (f) engaged | (6) book of phone numbers |
| (g) long-distance | (7) very far, opposite of'local' |
| (h) call-box | (8) not so busy time (when phone calls are cheaper) |
| (i) operator | (9) bad sound which makes it difficult to hear |
| (j) receiver | (10) prices, charges |
| (k) rates | (11) part of the phone you speak into and listen to |
3. Put each of the words on the left in the exercise above in the correct space in the conversation below. Roleplay the conversation.
Bill: Is that Jane?
Nell: This is 377 0211. There's no one called Joan here.
Bill: Sony, I must have the____ . Oh, just a moment. I want Jane,
not Joan. Nell: Oh sorry, yes. She's here. Hold on a moment. Jane: Hello, this is Jane.
Bill: Hi, this is Bill. I tried to ring before, but the line was______ .
Jane: Yes, I was talking to my mother in Australia.
Bill: Oh, a______ call. Was it expensive? The___ are very high,
aren't they?
Jane: Only if you go through the_______ . It's quite cheap if you
dial direct, especially if you phone during the_____ period.
Bill: Was it a good line? Was it easy to hear?
Jane: It usually is, but today there was a lot of________ .
Bill: I need some help, Jane. I tried to look up Amy's number in
the_______ but I couldn't find it.
Jane: I'm afraid I haven't got it. Why don't you call_______ ?
Bill: I'm in the street, in a______ , and I've got no more money.
Jane: But it's free. You just pick up the_____ ., then you dial 142.
Bill: Oh yes, how stupid!
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