Resource centre - Telephoning
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| Aim | To practise the language of telephoning |
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| What do I do? | 1 Cut up and mix the expressions before your lesson. 2 Ask students to match the similar expressions. 3 Turn all of the cards face down and play a memory game: The first student turns over 2 cards. If they match, the student keeps the pair and tries again. If not, play passes to the next student. The student with the most pairs at the end is the winner |
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The line's busy | The line's engaged I'll put you through | I'll connect you Hold on | One moment Go ahead | I'm ready Could I have your name? | Who's calling please? Is that all? | Anything else? A country or area number | A code Can you wait? | Will you hold? The reason I'm phoning is... | I'm calling to... |
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