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Phone Call
Phone Call
Directions:
- Study the following text about phone call. Use the words in vocabulary list to help you
understand any difficult word.
- Listen to the audioof the following conversation text about phone call!
- Read the conversation texts out loud with many repetitions!
- Study the underline expressions in the text that we might use when talking aboutphone call!
- Answer to the question after each segment/paragraph!
Hey, hello. Hey, oh, man I'm so glad I got you on the phone. This is Mark. Hey, listen; I really
need you to do me a favor. I'm still in New York. I was supposed to come home but it looks like
I need to stay in New York for two more days, so can you help me out?
Where is Mark?
a. In New Orleans
b. In New York
c. At the airport
OK, the first thing I need you to do is to check my mail. I should have a lot of mail. It will be in
the front door and it really piles up and I have an important letter that's coming so can you take
the mail out and put it on the kitchen table.
Also, I left enough food and water for my dog but just to be sure, can you just check and make
sure the dog has food and water and please walk the dog if you have time. I'm sure he's really
frustrated because he hasn't been walked in a few days so please feed the dog and take him
for a walk.
Oh, yeah, and my flowers. Listen I really need you to water the flowers, my plants inside the
house. Don't worry about the garden outside the house in the backyard because the lawn and the
flowers in the garden are on an automatic sprinkler system so they can get water, but can
you water the plants inside the house. Please don’t forget. I don’t want them to die.
What flowers and plants do you need to water?
a. The ones inside
b. The ones outside
c. Both of them
OK, and one last thing. I'm going to get home really late in a couple of days and if it's possible
can you come to the airport and pick me up. I'm on flight 755 on Delta and I arrive at 11:10 at
night, so can you please some and pick me up. It would be a huge help. Ok man. Thanks buddy.
I’ll see you at the airport.
Answer the following questions about the 4) What does he want you to do for his dog?
above text!
1) Where is he now?
a) Both of the below
a) Home
b) Walk it
b) New York
c) Check the food
c) Both 5) Where should you water the plants?
2) Where does he want you to go?
a) Outside
a) His house
b) Inside
b) New York
c) Both
c) Your house 6) When does he arrive?
3) Where should you put the mail?
a) 11.10
a) Leave it in the front door
b) 7.55
b) In the mailbox
c) Midnight
c) In the kitchen
Study the following language focus that you might find in conversations about phone call!
LANGUAGE FOCUS :
The use of verb and be (is/am/are) for the third singular and
plural subjects.
Auxiliaries: can, will, do
Examples:
Study the spelling patterns of verbs when they are used with the third singular and plural
pronouns!
C+ y
Consonant + e ⇒ -s Vowel + y ⇒ -s
Consonant + y: ⇒ -ies
Flies likes buys
Tries loves pays
Carries
makes employs
applies