{"id":738,"date":"2019-01-08T09:32:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T09:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.orochinagi.com\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2024-06-05T14:22:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:22:19","slug":"telephone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/topics\/telephone\/","title":{"rendered":"Telephone"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\r\n<li>General functions<\/li>\r\n<li>Before the call<\/li>\r\n<li>Answering a call<\/li>\r\n<li>Tests<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>\u00a0<\/h1>\r\n<h1>General Functions<\/h1>\r\n<p>The phone is \u00a0<strong>ringing !<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>When you answer the phone, you <strong>pick up \u00a0<\/strong>the phone<\/p>\r\n<p>When you finish, you <strong>put down <\/strong>the phone or\u00a0 <strong>hang <\/strong>the phone <strong>up \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>(video call) <br \/><b>start <\/b>the meeting \/ <b>start <\/b>the call<br \/><strong>leave<\/strong> the meeting \/ <strong>end<\/strong> the call<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Join<\/strong> the call \/ <strong>leave<\/strong> the call<br \/><strong>re-join<\/strong> the call<\/p>\r\n<p>Please <strong>send<\/strong> me an invitation\/invite!<\/p>\r\n<p>Can you <strong>invite<\/strong> Sam?<\/p>\r\n<p>Can you <strong>add<\/strong> Jane (to this call)?<\/p>\r\n<p>John was <strong>kicked<\/strong> from the call<\/p>\r\n<p>John, I think you&#8217;re <strong>on mute!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Jane would you like to <strong>share your screen<\/strong>?<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>call up \u00a0<\/strong>your friend at the garage, let\u2019s arrange an appointment<\/p>\r\n<p>To begin a call, you <strong>start <\/strong>the call<\/p>\r\n<p>When you finish, you <strong>end <\/strong>the call<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>When you want to <strong><i>make <\/i><\/strong>a call, you <strong><i>dial <\/i><\/strong>or <strong><i>call <\/i><\/strong>a number<\/p>\r\n<p>We can call or dial numbers but we can&#8217;t dial people<\/p>\r\n<p>You are the <strong>caller<\/strong>, you make the call. The person you call is the <strong>receiver<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<p>I\u2019m calling him now<\/p>\r\n<p>I\u2019ll ring him (up) now<\/p>\r\n<p>Can you call Johnny please, he&#8217;s expecting your call.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>When you call, you do not speak first. The receiver must answer first.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<h1>Before the phone call \/ Emails<\/h1>\r\n<p>Can I call you sometime?<\/p>\r\n<p>Can we schedule a call to discuss this?<\/p>\r\n<p>I&#8217;ll <strong>call \/ ring\/ phone<\/strong> you tomorrow<\/p>\r\n<p>I&#8217;ll give you a phone\/ring\/call tomorrow<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h1>Answering a call<\/h1>\r\n<p>If the telephone is ringing, you need to pick up\/ answer the call!<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>informal<\/li>\r\n<li>formal<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h1>Answering: Informal<\/h1>\r\n<p>*Telephone is <strong>ringing<\/strong>*<\/p>\r\n<p>Receiver can say:<\/p>\r\n<p>Hello?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Yes?<\/p>\r\n<p>(Telephone number)<\/p>\r\n<p>Smith residence<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&#8212; (phone rings, answers) Hello?<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8212; hey it&#8217;s me!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h1>Answering:\u00a0Formal<\/h1>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\r\n<p><em>In a meeting<br \/><\/em> *Phone starts ringing*<br \/>&#8220;Excuse me, I need to <strong>take<\/strong> this (call).&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>(Receiver) Greeting + Company Name + Personal Name + Offer to help\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p>(Caller) Greeting +\u00a0 Personal Name + from Company + ask about health \/ reason for call<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<h1>\u00a0<\/h1>\r\n<p>(Receiver) Good morning, Nests Pharmacy, <strong>this\u00a0is<\/strong>\u00a0John Smith speaking<i>, <\/i>how can I help you today?<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p>(Caller) Good morning\/ hello, <strong>this is<\/strong> John Smith calling from <i>XX Company, <\/i>how are you today \/ can I speak to \/ I&#8217;m calling about&#8230;<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p>This is John<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p>My name is<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0John<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>I&#8217;m John from xxx<\/p>\r\n<h5>Note &#8211; from \/ AT:<\/h5>\r\n<p>Caller: This is John from Metropolitan\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Receiver: Microsoft, this is John speaking<\/p>\r\n<p>The caller is <em>FROM<\/em>. The receiver is AT the company, so they cannot say FROM.<\/p>\r\n<p>Note that it&#8217;s usually: John <em>from<\/em> a department, irrelevant of where everyone is.<\/p>\r\n<p>Hello, this is John from Marketing.<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<h1>Tests<\/h1>\r\n<p>The phone is \u00a0<strong>ringing \/ phoning \/ circling (which is correct?)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>[ call \/ pick \/ hang ] +up \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>[ put ] +down<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>When you answer the phone, you _______ \u00a0\u00a0______ the phone<\/p>\r\n<p>When you finish, you ______ _____ \u00a0\u00a0the phone or \u00a0\u00a0_____ the phone _____<\/p>\r\n<p>________ ____ your friend at the garage, let\u2019s arrange an appointment<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>[ start \/ make\/\u00a0 end \/ call ]<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>To begin a call, you ______ the call<\/p>\r\n<p>When you finish, you ______ the call<\/p>\r\n<p>To ____ a call, you ____ a number or a person<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>verbs [ <strong>make \/ ring \/ end \/ answer \/ get \/ dial \/ call \/ ringing \/ phone \/ insert \/ slide \/ leave \/ take<\/strong> ]<\/p>\r\n<p>Want to win big? _______ this number now!<\/p>\r\n<p>Well, can we speak later? It\u2019s 3pm, I need to ______ a call<\/p>\r\n<p>To change the SIM card, insert a pin into the hole, pop out the tray then ______ it out<\/p>\r\n<p>The phone is ______ (making a sound)<\/p>\r\n<p>Can you _____ the phone please, it\u2019s been ______ for ages<\/p>\r\n<p>____ me tomorrow, I\u2019m busy right now<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><em><strong>Hard level<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>I can&#8217;t hear you John, I think you&#8217;re on _______<\/p>\r\n<p>Where&#8217;s Jane?\u00a0 She was in the call earlier but now I don&#8217;t see her, did she get ______?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>I can&#8217;t see your presentation, are you ______ your screen?<\/p>\r\n<p>Hello Mr Smith, _________ John from x department!<\/p>\r\n<p>I think the client was angry,\u00a0 they stopped talking and _____ up!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orochinagi.com\/english\/topics\/telephone\/telephone-phrases-and-vocabulary\/\">Telephone Vocabulary Part 2<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General functions Before the call Answering a call Tests \u00a0 General Functions The phone is \u00a0ringing ! When you answer the phone, you pick up \u00a0the phone When you finish, you put down the phone or\u00a0 hang the phone up \u00a0\u00a0 (video call) start the meeting \/ start the callleave the meeting \/ end the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/topics\/telephone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Telephone&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":512,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-738","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738\/revisions\/2155"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}