COMMUNICATIONS (16) ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE (ELEMENTARY)

COMMUNICATIONS (16)

A	Letters Don’t forget to put a stamp on the envelope. Don’t forget to post the letters.
B	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 /kɒm/)
C	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).
D	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.

Exercises

16.1	Have you got any of the things on the opposite page? Make a list. mobile
16.2	What are the names of these things?
16.3	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.
16.4	Write down: 1 two telephone numbers that are important to you. ____________________________________   ____________________________________ 2 two email addresses that are important to you ____________________________________   ____________________________________ Now read them aloud.
16.5	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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