Answer — Exercise 2
5d - Listening skills·On Screen B1+/B2 - Student's Book
Question
- Listen to a telephone conversation. Which of the expressions (1-8) do you hear? What emergency is the caller reporting?
- Is the dialogue formal or informal? Give reasons.
Answer
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The caller is reporting a fire.
b)
- The dialogue is formal.
- It has impersonal objective tone, longer complex sentences.
- Use of passive voice.