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Phone calls: Try to contact someone 1, 2

Look at the conversation below. Rie Sakimoto is trying to call James Croft. Choose the correct words for Rie.
Talking on the phone

Marcia: Hello, Marcia Fox.
       
Rie: a) Hello, can I speak to James Croft, please?
  b) Hello, can James Croft speak to me, please?
  c) Hello, where is James Croft, please?
       
Marcia: He's in a meeting at the moment. Can I take a message?
       
Rie: a) Tell him Rie Sakimoto called, please.
  b) Could you tell him that Rie Sakimoto called, please.
  c) Could you tell him that Rie Sakimoto called in, please.
       
Marcia: Sure. Does he have your number?
       
Rie: a) I'll give it to you in case. It's seven hundred and thirty, two thousand nine hundred and fifty one.
  b) I'll give it to you in case. It's seven thirty, twenty nine, fifty one.
  c) I'll give it to you in case. It's seven three zero, two nine five one.
       
Marcia: I'll tell him you called.
 
Rie: Thank you. Bye.