phone terminology

2. Vocabulary building
Telephone terminology

3. Telephone terminology activity 1
 Match the words and phrases with their appropriate definitions
1) airtime
2) Unlisted number
3) Digit
4) Busy signal
5) Call display
6) Collect call f- the amount of time spent talking on a cell phone
e- a beeping sound that tells you the person you are calling is on
the phone with someone else
d- another word for number
c- a phone number that the subscriber chooses not to have
published in the public directory
b- a feature of your phone that allows you to see the name and
/or phone number of the caller
a- a long-distance call made through the operator and charged
to the person receiving the call

4. Telephone terminology activity 2
 Match the words and phrases with their appropriate definitions
1) Dial tone
2) Star key
3) ring
4) Touchtone phone
5) Rotary phone e- the sound the phone makes when you pick up the
receiver
d- users press number keys to make a call on this type of
phones
c- the sound a phone make when someone is calling
b- users spin a circular dial to make a call on this type of
phones
a- the button on a telephone with *

5. Telephone terminology activity 3
 Match the words and phrases with their appropriate definitions
1) pound
2) landline
3) dial
4) Voice mail
5) directory e- a system for recording and saving messages in a central
location
d- a complete list of phone numbers published in a book or
online
c- the name of the # symbol on a telephone
b- a phone that requires a wire or fibre optical cable to
make connections
a- to enter numbers to make a call

6. Complete the crossword (The words in this puzzle are presented in activities 1 to 3)
Down:
1: A ________ tone is the sound a phone makes when somebody is calling
2: An old-fashioned ________ phone is used by putting your finger into a circular dial for each number.
4: A ________is a complete list of phone numbers published in a book or online
5: A phone line that requires a wire or fibre optical cable to make connections is called a ________.
6: A caller must ________ numbers on the phone to make a telephone call
7: The amount of time spent talking on a cell phone is called ________.
9: The ________ key is another name of (*) key on a telephone
Across:
3: ________ mail is a system for recording telephone message where the messages are saved in a central location.
4: ________ is another word for number
7: The amount of time spent talking on a cell phone is called ________.
8: The ________ key is another name of (#) key on a telephone
10: A ________ phone lets you press number keys to make a call.

7. Telephone phrasal verbs activity 1
 Match the words and phrases with their appropriate definitions
1) Hold on
2) Put (a call) through
3) Get through
4) Hang up
5) Call up
e- to put the receiver down
d- to connect one caller to another
c- to be connected to someone on the phone
b- to make a telephone call
a- to answer a call, to lift the receiver to take a call
6) Pick up
7) Call back f- to wait (while on the phone)
g- to return someone’s call

8. Fill in all the gaps from the « phrasal verbs » below
Put you through
Hold on
Hang up
Switch off
Call me back
Picking up
Get back
Get through

9. Telephone phrasal verbs activity 3
 Match the words and phrases with their appropriate definitions
1) Hang on
2) Get off (the phone)
3)Get back to (someone)
4) Cut off
5) Switch off/turn off
e- to stop talking on the phone
d- to deactivate (a cell phone)
c- to be disconnected abruptly during a telephone
converstaion
b- to talk louder
a- to return someones’s call
6) Speak up
f- to wait