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Use the verbs below in their correct form to
complete the paragraph.
a
• run • cut • switch gethang (x2) • call • put
I tried to call him on his mobile several times, but he had
1).................. it off, so I tried his office. His secretary told
me to hold the line and she would try to 2).
me
through. I had been 3).....
on for about five
..... out and I got
minutes, when my card 4)
5) .........….....
off. I went to a public phone box and tried
again, but this time I just couldn't 6)
...... through
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to his company at all. I had given up, when my mobile phone
rang. It was him! "Mark," I said, "at last." "Sorry, Fred," he
said "can I 7) ........
you back in five minutes?"
Before I could say anything he just 8)
up. I'm still
waiting to talk to him.
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