WorksheetsUnit 13: Phoning
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
I could not call the police because I did not have my _____ with me.
telephone
phone number
mobile
phone book
What is the _____ for Hong Kong?
dialling tone
phone number
ringtone
dialling code
The switchboard operator put the _____ through to the wrong department.
caller
ringer
speaker
talker
This is a bad _____ I will ring off and call you back.
wire
line
signal
call
Kate rushed to answer the phone, but it was just a _____.
phone number
bad connection
bad number
wrong number
If you press this button, you should hear the _____ which means the phone is ready to use.
dialling code
dialling tone
ringtone
voicemail
As soon as I answered the phone, the caller _____.
hung off
disconnected
hung up
cut off
Joe received several _____ that evening from people who had seen his advertisement in the morning paper.
rings
letters
phones
calls
I am sorry, Sue is not home yet. Can I take a _____?
phone number
message
text
note
If the phone _____, do not answer it.
rings
sounds
calls
dials
Is this a convenient moment to talk, or should I call back later?
phone back
ring up
call up
redial
All our lines are busy. Please try again later.
occupied
active
working
engaged
Sally hung up before I told her what time we were meeting.
rang off
rang up
redialled
engaged
Tom sent his mother an SMS to tell her that he had arrived safely.
an e-mail
a text message
a note
a postcard
Dial this number if you need any further help.
Ring up
Press
Phone
Call back
Mr Smith wanted to renew the insurance on the family car. He phoned the insurance company and asked to be (a) to the motor insurance department.
"I am sorry, their line is engaged," said the switchboard operator. "Do you want to (a) " "No, I will call back later," said Mr Smith.
After ten minutes he tried again, and this time he was able to (a) to the department he wanted.
But halfway through the conversation he was (a) . His dog had caught its foot in the wire and pulled it out of the socket.
Mr Smith plugged it back in and (a) , 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 most.
Jack was in the park with his grandmother, Mrs Watson. "I can hear music," she said. "Where is it coming from?" "It is the (a) on my mobile phone," said Jack.
Jack was in the park with his grandmother, Mrs Watson. "I can hear music," she said. "Where is it coming from?" "It is the ringtone on my (a) ," said Jack.
"Are you going to answer it?" asked Mrs Watson. "No," replied Jack. "Whoever it is can leave a message on my (a) , and I 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. "Bur you can make phone calls when you are out of the house, without having to look for a (a) .
And mobiles do other things. For example, I can write a (a) or take a photograph and send it someone, and they can read what I have written or look at the picture on their phone."
