Talking on the Phone

A1 · Beginner57 minBasic BasicsLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: make a simple phone call — say why you are calling, give your details, and end the call politely.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Ring ring!

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Phone Conversations

    Read a 85-word text about Phone Conversations

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Phone Call Words

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Phone Call

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Phone Mistakes

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Practice: Making a Phone Call

    Role-play: You call a restaurant to book a table (6 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: one real call

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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