PONT P honing YY él) L_Nocabulary _ busy adjective another word for engaged call 4 noun a phone call. 2 verb to phone someone call back phrasal verb to phone someone again caller noun @ person who makes a phone call connection noun the wire or other link that enables ‘one person to talk to another on the phone cut off phrasal verb (cuts off, cutting off, cut off, cut off) to stop someone talking on the phone by breaking the connection dial verb to make the phone number that you want to call, usually by pressing keys dialling code noun the part of a phone number that is the same for everyone in a particular place dialling tone noun the sound that you hear when a phone is ready for you to dial a number engaged adjective already being used to make or receive a call get through phrasal verb (gets through, getting through, got through, got through) to be connected to a person or place by phone hang up phrasal verb (said of a person) (hangs up, hanging up, hung up, hung up) to end a phone call hold verb (holds, holding, held, held) to wait to speak to someone on the phone line noun a connection between phones message noun a piece of information sent from ‘one person to another, especially when they cannot talk directly to each other Scanned by CamScanner 7ey Choose the correct answer for each blank and write its number (1, 2, 3 or 4) in the brackets provided. 4; | could not call the police because | did not have my with me. (1) telephone (2) phone number (3) mobile (4) phone book ( ) What is the _____ for Hong Kong? (1) dialling tone (2) phone number (3) ringtone (4) dialling code ( ) The switchboard operator put the _______ through to the wrong department. (1). caller (2) ringer (3) speaker (4) talker ( ) This is a bad _... | will ring off and call you back. (1). wire (2) fine (3) signal (4) call () Kate rushed to answer the phone, but it was just a (1) phone number (2) bad connection (3) bad number (4) wrong number () If you press this button, you should hear the _______., which means the phone is ready to use. (1) dialling code (2) dialling tone (3) ringtone (4) voicemail () As soon as | answered the phone, the caller (1) hung off (2) disconnected (3) hung up (4) cut off () 79 Scanned by CamScanner8. 10. Joe received several _____ that evening from people who had seen his advertisement in the morning paper. (1) rings (2) letters (3) phones (4) calls it ) 'am sorry, Sue is not home yet. Can | takea_____? (1) phone number (2) message (3) text (4) note ( ) If the phone ____, do not answer it. (1) rings (2) sounds (3) calls (4) dials ( ) ey Choose the most suitable answer to replace the underlined word(s) and write its number in the brackets provided. 4 80 Is this a convenient moment to talk, or should | call back later? (1) phone back (2) ring up (3) call up (4) redial () All our lines are busy. Please try again later. (1) occupied (2) active (3) working (4) engaged () Sally hung up before | told her what time we were meeting. (1) rang off (2) rang up (3) redialled (4) engaged () Tom sent his mother an SMS to tell her that he had arrived safely. (1) an e-mail (2) a text message (3) anote (4) a postcard (a) Dial this number if you need any further help. (1) Ring up (2). Press (3) Phone (4) Call back () Scanned by CamScanner» Ce » Choose the correct word(s) from the box and write its letter in each blank. Do not use the same word(s) more than once. , (A) cut off (B) got through (C) rang off (D) phone back (E) dial (F) hungup —(G) redialled (H) put through | () getthrough (J) hold | Mr Smith wanted to renew the insurance on the family car. He phoned the a a = eo insurance company and asked to be (1) ____ to the motor insurance department. ‘I am sorry, their line is engaged,’ said the switchboard operator. ‘Do you want to (2) ____?’ ‘No, | will call back later,’ said Mr Smith. After ten minutes he tried again, and this time he was able to (3) _______ to the department he wanted. But halfway through the conversation he was (4)_____. His dog had caught its foot in the wire and pulled it out of the socket. Mr Smith plugged it back in and (5) e.& ______, only to find that the line to the department he wanted was engaged again. This time he decided to hold. Eventually he was able to complete the task he had begun more than half an hour earlier, a simple task that should have taken five minutes at the most. | yt ACN © 81 Scanned by CamScannerFill each blank with the word(s) you think best. Do not use the same word(s) more than once. Jack was in the park with his grandmother, Mrs Watson. ‘| can hear music,’ she said. ‘Where is it coming from? ‘It is the (1) on my (2) ___________," said Jack. ‘Are you going to answer it?’ asked Mrs Watson. 'No,' replied Jack. ‘Whoever it is can leave a message on my (3), and | will call them back later.’ Mrs Watson had never used a mobile phone, and was interested to know how it worked, so Jack took his out of his pocket to show her. “You use it just like an ordinary telephone,’ he said. ‘But you can make phone calls when you are out of the house, without having to look for a (4) And mobiles do other things. For example, | can write a (5) or take a photograph and send it to someone, and they can read what | have written or look at the picture on their phone.’ 82 Scanned by CamScanner