Telephoning ESL Role-Plays, Activities, Games and Worksheets
Ending a Phone Call

Here are two enjoyable telephoning games to help students practice phrases to end informal phone calls. First, in pairs, students race to arrange sentence beginning cards in order and then match them... read more
Telephone Language Game

In this free telephone language game, students race to match common telephone phrases with appropriate responses. The aim of the game is to race to find the students who have matching replies to common telephone phrases. One student begins... read more
Who's calling, please?

In this engaging telephoning activity, students learn telephone phrases and practice taking and leaving messages over the phone. First, in pairs, students put a... read more
Are You Following Me?

Here is a productive telephoning activity to help students practice confirming instructions and checking understanding during phone conversations. Students... read more
Arranging a Delivery

Here is a communicative arranging deliveries role-play to help students practice arranging delivery times over the phone. First, students complete an arranging a... read more
Be Polite!

In this free telephoning worksheet, students practice polite telephone phrases and requests by rewriting a telephone dialogue. First, students rewrite a telephone dialogue to make it more polite and... read more
Booking Tickets

Here is a comprehensive telephone bookings worksheet to help students practice vocabulary and phrases for booking tickets over the phone. Students begin... read more
Clarifying and Confirming

In this clarifying and confirming worksheet and role-play, students learn and practice ten phrases for clarifying and confirming information over the phone... read more
Rescheduling an Appointment

In this rescheduling appointments worksheet and role-play, students learn and practice phrases for rescheduling an appointment over the phone. First, students... read more
Telephone Role-Plays

In these communicative telephone role-plays, students practice essential telephone phrases for taking and leaving messages, making and changing arrangements, and confirming information over the phone. In pairs, students take turns making and... read more
Ring, Ring!

This fun telephone phrasal verbs game helps students practice telephone phrasal verbs and common telephone expressions. In pairs, students use cards to make sentences connected with telephone... read more
Telephone Language Review

This useful telephoning worksheet helps students review common telephone expressions and phrasal verbs used over the phone. Students start by... read more
Telephone Phrasal Verb Frenzy

Here are two rewarding telephone phrasal verb games to help students practice telephone phrasal verbs and common telephone expressions. First, students play a pelmanism game where... read more