4. Types of telephone connectors. Match the words with their definitions.

1. public telephone/ payphone		One of the number of phones on the same line, in a home or office
2. mobile phone, mobile(BrE)/ cellphone, cellular(AmE)		An extension not connected by a wire, so you can use it around the house or in the garden
3. pager		A mobile phone with access to the Internet
4. cordless phone/ cordless		A phone you can take with you and everywhere
5. WAP phone (Wireless Application Protocol)		A camera attached to a computer and phone line, so two people talking on the phone can see each other
6. extnsion		Phone in a public place operated with money, a credit card or a phone card
7. videophone		Allows you to receive written messages
8. webcam		A special phone with a screen so you can see the other person

5. Telephone Numbers. Read the information. Do the proposed tasks.

When saying numbers, use rising intonation for each group, except for the last group, when you should use a falling tone. This shows you have reached the end of the number.

a ccess code	c ountry code	a rea code	n umber
00	44	1746	845921
Double oh (BrE) Zero zero (AmE)	double four	one seven four six	eight four five nine two one

Look at other ways of saying and writing telephone numbers.

64459	six four four five nine	six double four nine
01731	oh one seven three one (UK)	zero one seven three one (USA)

Task. Practise writing and pronouncing these numbers:

587463		03688902
746389		478932
8973110		667009

6. Spelling names.

If you want to spell a name, you can say, for example, 'A for Alpha', 'B as in Bravo', etc. You may also need these expressions:

capital A	small a
new word/line	slash (/)
hyphen /desh(-)	all one word
at (@)	dot (.)

The Most Common Words Used When Spelling Names on the Phone:

A –APPLE B-BEN C-CHARLY D- DONALD E-ENGLAND F- FREDDY G-GEORGE

H- HARRY I-INDIA J-JANE K-KATE L-LONDON M- MOTHER N-NICHOLAS

Q-QUEEN R- ROGER S- SUGAR T-TOMMY U-UNCLE O- ORANGE P-PETER

V- VICTOR W-WARM X-X-RAY Y-YELLOW Z- ZEBRA

Task. Write the names of your group-mates. Spell them using information above.