miércoles, 10 de septiembre de 2014

listening task about answering the phone


Exercise 1. Match the sentences in column A with the corresponding word in column B
1-What is your ___________?        (A)

phone
2-Please ___________ him to call me tonight.

come   
3-Could I please have your ____________ number?

minute
4-He can't ___________ to the phone right now.

name
5-Just a ____________ please

tell









Exercise 2 Listen to the conversation again and complete the empty gaps with the words mentioned.

Little Girl: Hello.
Caller: He, he.., hello? Uh, yeah. Is . . . uh . . . your dad home?
Little Girl: Just a minute (1)_________________.
Older Sister: Hello.
Caller: Uh . . . yeah . . . uh hello? Yeah, um . . . is . . . uh . . . Nick home please?
Older Sister: Oh, he can't (2)____________________to the phone right now.
Caller: Okay, well, um, yeah, I need to talk to your dad. Um, yeah, could you . . . um . . . take a (3)____________________?
Older Sister: Yeah.
Caller: Yeah. This is . . . my name's Nick Johnson. And if . . .
Older Sister: The (4)_____________________number?
Caller: Yeah if you could tell him. Yeah, the phone number is 589 [Uh-huh](5)_____________.
Older Sister: 589- (6)______________________?
Caller: Yeah, right and if you could tell him to call me (7)______________between 7:00 and 8:30?
Older Sister: Okay.
Caller: Alright, and uh. Now, I think . . . are you his (8)_____________________?
Older Sister: Yeah.
Caller: Yeah, now what's your name?
Older Sister: I . . . I'm not supposed to (9)____________________that.
Caller: Ah, that's really (10)____________________. Alright, well just tell him I called.
Older Sister: (O)kay.
Caller: Okay, bye.
Older Sister: Bye.


Exercise 3 Select the best option.
1. What is the name of the caller?
A. Nick    
B. Nate    C. Neil
2. According to the girl, her father:
A. is not home.     B. is on another line.    C. can't come to the telephone.
3. What is the man's telephone number?
A. 598-7482              B. 587-4728              C. 589-7248
4. The man tells the girl:
A. that he will call again sometime after 7:00 PM.
B. to ask her father to call him later.
C. that he will drop by around 8:30 PM.
5. What does the girl refuse to tell the caller?
A. her age                 B. her name             C. her address

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