YOU SAID:
The Phebe poked the phone.
INTO JAPANESE
Phebeは電話をつついた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Phebe called the telephone.
INTO JAPANESE
Phebeは電話をかけました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Phebe called.
INTO JAPANESE
Phebeは電話した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Phebe called.
You've done this before, haven't you.