1. Unit 2 Mobile Mania Word Building
Phrasal verbs: The telephone. Complete the sentences (1 to 8) with the words from below.
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Pick up the phone
To take the phone
off the receiver so
you can make or
answer a call.
“She picked up the
phone so she could
,
the call.”
Call back
To telephone
someone who
has called you, or
who has left you a
message.
“If you don’t mind, I’lI
get her to call you back
later? It’s just that she’s
in a at
the moment.”
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Put through
To connect a caller
with another person
on another line/
extension.
A: Can I
to Ms Barlow, please?
B: Yes, certainly. I’ll just
put you through.
Get back to someone
To telephone someone who has called you, or who has
left you a message.
“Please tell him to get back to me as soon as .”
5 6
Cut off
If you get “cut off”, the line suddenly goes dead.
“I got cut off in the of the call.”
Get through
To be able to reach someone by telephone.
“I couldn’t get through to them because the
was dead.”
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Hold on / hold the line
To wait while
someone
gets another
person.
Please hold on a
I’ll just go and
get him.”
To put the phone
back on the receiver.
“She hung up while I
was trying to explain the
to her.”
Hang up
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