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Answer the phone.

A2

Sentence

Narrator

Answer the phone.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Instructions

Please answer the phone.

Making a Request

Could you answer the phone, please?

Giving a Command

Answer the phone immediately!

Describing an Action

He answered the phone promptly.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Please respond to the incoming telephone call.

Casual

Pick up the phone.

Simpler English

Get the phone.

Phrases to learn

answer the phone

To pick up and respond to a ringing telephone.