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NAME:________________________ DATE:________________________
QUIZ: TELEPHONE
Answer these fourteen questions to score your vocabulary
knowledge.
1. What does it mean if someone says, 8. Which of the following
things does
The line is busy? an operatorusually do?a) the phone is broken
a) make telephone callsb) the phone has been disconnected b) sell
telephonesc) someone called the wrong number c) help people make
phone callsd) someone is using the phone d) fix telephones
2. Which of the following words best 9. In which of the
following placesdescribes a caller? can you find a phone booth?a)
person a) in a phone bookb) place b) at homec) machine c) in an
officed) money d) outside a building
3. What do you do if you make a 10. Which of the following
things shouldcol lect cal l? you recharge?a) leave a message a) a
mobile phoneb) re-dial and call again b) a prank callc) ask someone
to pay for the call c) a missed calld) read a text message d) all
of the above
4. Which of the following things can 11. Which of the following
things shoulda person dial? you do when a phonerings?a) a phone
line a) pick up the phoneb) a phone call b) re-dialc) a phone
number c) hold the lined) a phone book d) hang up
5. Which of the following words best 12. Which of the following
things candescribes a dial tone? a telemarketerdo?a) sound a) make
a long distance callb) number b) ask you if you want to buy
somethingc) person c) help you find a phone numberd) place d) help
you buy a cell phone
6. When do most people hang up 13. Which of the following things
canthe phone? you do with a text message?a) before they make a
phone call a) read itb) after they finish talking on the phone b)
listen to itc) when they are talking on the phone c) speak to itd)
when they answer the phone d) all of the above
7. Which of the following things do you 14. Which of the
following things canhave to do when you are on hold? you find in
the yel low pages?a) Pay money. a) home phone numbersb) Wait. b)
company phone numbersc) Make a local call. c) messagesd) Say Hello.
d) unused numbers
1314 = Excellent 1112 = Very Good 910 = Good
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VOCABULARY QUIZ: TelephoneAnswer Key
Aims Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal
assessment
Level Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate
Time Approximately 20 30 minutes (including extension
activity)
ANSWER KEY: NOTES & EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:
Fornotes and extensionactivitysuggestions, see the Notes
document in
the Quiz topic list.1. D2. A
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. B
Grades as percentages:
14 / 14 = 100 %13/ 14 = 93
12/ 14 = 8611 / 14 = 7910/ 14 = 719/ 14 = 648/ 14 = 577/ 14 =
506/ 14 = 435/ 14 = 364/ 14 = 293/ 14 = 212/ 14 = 141/ 14 = 7
0/ 14 = 0 %
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