HABLANDO POR TELFONO

Al llamar por telfono una forma habitual de preguntar por alguien sera utilizando el verbo modal can, o como hemos visto, utilizando el verbo modal could como una frmula ms corts: Can I speak to Sean Combs, please? - Puedo hablar con Sean Combs, por favor? Could I speak to Mr Combs, please? - Podra hablar con el Sr. Combs, por favor? Si la persona que contesta no es aquella por la que se pregunta, seguramente le responder con expresiones similares a las siguientes: Certainly! - Desde luego! Just a moment, please. - Un momento, por favor. I'm afraid he isn't here. Me temo que no est. Hold on a minute, please. - Aguarde un momento, por favor. Who's calling, please? - Quin le Ilama, por favor? Si contesta directamente la persona por la que se prequnta, su respuesta podra ser: Ben Todd speaking. - Ben Todd al habla. o simplemente: Speaking. En los siguientes ejemplos el que llama quiere comprobar si ha contactado con la persona o nmero deseado: Is that Ben Todd? Yes, this is Ben Todd speaking. Is that oh, two, five, four...? No, this is oh, two, six, four... Observe dos maneras para decir a alguien que tiene una llamada telefnica (call), utilizando There's... o it's.... Fjese en que la preposicin for va seguida de un pronombre personal objeto (me/you): There's a call for you. - Hay una llamada para t. For me? - Para m? Yes. It's for you. S. Es para t.

Talking on the phone

Answering the phone (Table #1) Responder el telfono
Formal Hello, Carlos speaking Good morning, how may I help you? Less Formal Hi Hello

Making contact / asking to talk to someone (Table #2) Pedir hablar con alguien
Formal Could I speak to Carlos Villanueva? Id like to speak to Carlos. Less Formal Mr. Can I speak to Gustavo? Is Gustavo there?

Identifying yourself on the phone (Table #3) - Decir quien esta hablando
Formal My name (this) is Brian Brian speaking Less Formal This is Brian -

Stating your purpose / the reason of calling La razon de la llamada This section is wide open. Here are some common sentences: Less formal: I want to go to the mall. Do you want to go to the cinema? What are you doing? Lets hang out. There is a concert tonight. Do you want to go? What are you going to do later? I wanted to talk to you about the party. Did you hear about what happened to Laura? I heard you were sick. Are you feeling better?

Ejercicios de ingls con el vocabulario de los accesorios de la moda 1 Encuentra las palabras de la moda en esta sopa de letras.

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