ENGLISH
VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)
COMMUNICATIONS (16)
A
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Letters
Don’t forget to
put a stamp on the envelope.
Don’t forget to post the letters. |
B
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Email and Internet
Olivia gets a lot of emails from New York.
You have to be careful what information you give people
online.
What’s your email address? Moll@cup.com (=
Moll at C-U-P dot
com /kÉ’m/)
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C
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Telephones and mobile devices
Juan makes a lot of phone calls. He phones his girlfriend every day. I always
take my smartphone with me. I never turn it off. What’s your phone number?
What’s your mobile
number? 066530718 (= oh six six five three oh seven one eight / oh double
six five ...) He’s not answering his phone. I’ll leave a voicemail and I’ll text
him / send
him a text (message).
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D
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Expressions
Sue: Hello.
Nick: Hello. It’s Nick here. Can I speak to Ahmed, please?
Sue: I’m sorry, he’s not here at the moment. Can I take a
message?
Nick: Thanks. Could you just tell him I called. I’ll call
back later.
Sue: OK. I’ll tell him. Goodbye. in English.
Nick: Bye.
Tip
Use a search engine to find an
example of a letter and an email in English. Write down any useful words or
phrases in them.
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Exercises
16.1
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Have you got any of the things on the opposite page?
Make a list.
mobile
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16.2
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What are the names of these things?
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16.3
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Complete this phone conversation.
AMELIA: Hello.
MEENA: Hello. 1
____It’s_______Meena here. Can I 2
___________ to Amal, please?
AMELIA: I’m
3 ___________, he’s at work 4 ___________ the moment. Can I 5
___________ a message?
MEENA: It’s all right. I’ll
6 ___________back later.
AMELIA: OK, then. Bye.
MEENA: Bye.
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16.4
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Write
down:
1 two
telephone numbers that are important to you.
____________________________________ ____________________________________
2 two
email addresses that are important to you
____________________________________ ____________________________________
Now
read them aloud.
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16.5
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Answer these
questions.
1 Do you prefer to text or phone your
friends?
2 Do you send more emails or more text
messages?
3 How often do you go online?
4 Do you prefer to use a laptop or a mobile
device?
5 Do you often write letters?
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ANSWER
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