28. Describe the following situations in writing. What are the problems? Do these happen to you?
Ignoring
a phone call.
Receiving
a shocking call.
A
businessman waiting anxiously for a telephone call.
A
businessman eavesdropping on a colleague.
SECTION
5 WRITING
26.
Write in full how you would say these telephone numbers. Remember
that they are given separately and are usually grouped in threes and
fours. 0
is
generally pronounced oh
in
British English, and zero
in
American English.
Example
3589284
— three five eight / nine two eight four
(02844)
708655
(0282)
8832885
(0044)
264987540
(0055)
2986899807
27. You are telephoning in English. Write replies to the following.
a)
May I ask who's calling?
