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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 12.4 - Speaking and writing for the textbook Navigate Elementary A2 - Coursebook with authors Jake Hughes and Katie Wood from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Work with a partner. Complete sentences 1-8 with the words in the box.
  2. Listen, check and repeat.
  3. Work with a partner. Which sentences in exercise 3a are formal and which are informal?

Answer

a)

  1. Hi Francis, it's Marcus. Is Caitlin there?
  2. Hello. Could I speak to the ticket office manager, please?
  3. She's not here at the moment.
  4. I'm afraid he's not available at the moment.
  5. Can you tell her to call me back, please?
  6. Could you ask him to call me back, please?
  7. Could I have your number, please?
  8. Hang on a minute. I'll just get her.

b) -

c)

  • Formal: 2, 4, 6, 7
  • Informal: 1, 3, 5, 8

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