Telephoning: Appliances and components
Telephoning:
helpful phrases
Telephone alphabet
The Office:
types of offices
Grammar
100

In English please: SMS

text message

100

In English please: Ich habe mich leider verwählt.

I'm afraid I got the wrong number.

100

What is the letter "c" in the telephone alphabet?

Charlie

100

What is the reception desk also called?

Front office

100

Name a tense marker for simple present?

e.g. often, sometimes, usually, never, hardly, always...

200

In English please: Freizeichen

dialling tone

200

In English please: Möchten Sie warten oder sollen wir zurückrufen?

Would you like to hold or shall we ring you back?

200

What is the letter "F" in the telephone alphabet?

Foxtrot

200

An office with no separate rooms / concrete walls

Open space office

200

Name a tense marker for present progressive.

Righ now, at the moment.

300

In English please: Festnetz

landline

300

In English please: Hier gibt es niemanden, der so heißt.

There's no-one of that name her.

300

What is the letter Y in the telephone alphabet?

Yankee

300

Arranged partitions / partition walls in an open-space office that form a lot of work half enclosed work spaces.

Cubicles

300

simple past: I catch

I caught.

400

In English please: Vorwahl

area code

400

In English please: Ich versuche durchzustellen, zu verbinden.

I'm trying to put you through/connect you.

400

Spell the name "S-m-i-t-h" according to the telephone alphabet:

Sierra - Mike - India - Tango - Hotel

400
An office concept that entails different work areas / zones; nobody has their assigned desk but can book it via booking systems.

Multi-Space Office

400
Present Perfect: She does

She has done

500

In English please: Anrufbeantworter

Answering machine

500

In English please: Könnten Sie mir bitte seine Durchwahl /Handy Nr. geben?

Could you please give me his extension / mobile number?

500

What does "double O" stand for?

00 / Nil-nil

500
A room for medical emergencies.

First-aid room

500

Name at least three linking words for text writing:

  • first, second, third (erstens, zweitens, drittens)
  • in the first place (erstens)
  • next (als Nächstes)
  • last (zuletzt)
  • finally (schließlich)
  • and then (und dann) 
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