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A voicemail message

A voicemail message

Listen to a voicemail message and answer the questions to practise your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first.

Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Transcript

John: Hi, this is John. Thanks for calling. I'm not here at the moment, so please leave a message and I'll call you back.

Marina: Hi, John, this is Marina Silva calling from Old Time Toys. Your colleague Alex gave me your phone number. She said you can help me.

I need some information on your new products. Could you please call me when you are back in the office? My phone number is 0-2-0-8, 6-5-5-7-6-2-1.

Also, can you please email me your new brochure and information about your prices? My email address is Marina, that's M-A-R-I-N-A, dot Silva, S-I-L-V-A, at O-L-D-T-I-M-E hyphen toys dot com.

Thanks a lot. I look forward to hearing from you.

Task 1

Exercise

Task 2

Exercise

Discussion

Do you ever make phone calls or leave voicemail messages in English? 

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Submitted by will_wpo on Wed, 22/04/2020 - 15:59

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No, never. Where I work, I never speak english. But would be very interesting to begin to speak english.

Submitted by Christian on Sun, 19/04/2020 - 01:18

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Yes, I do. I left a voice message to my mother this morning for she bought something for me.

Submitted by Ronake on Sat, 18/04/2020 - 00:14

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I usually write emails in my job, when I'm asking about information from stakeholders, sometimes a make a call but it makes me feel more confidential if i write email, because it leave me time to check if i write it correctly.

Submitted by cittàutopica on Fri, 17/04/2020 - 17:59

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No, I never made phone calls or left voicemail messages in English.

Submitted by Hay Mar Nway on Fri, 17/04/2020 - 10:25

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I ever make phone call but I never leave voice massage .Sometimes I text short message

Submitted by Qurbanov Elbrus on Wed, 15/04/2020 - 18:29

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I have never leave voicemail messages in english.

Submitted by Hussein Gelle on Mon, 13/04/2020 - 16:23

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hello! how i can fill the empty blocks on the exerciser sheet?
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Submitted by Kirk Moore on Tue, 14/04/2020 - 07:22

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Hello Hussein Gelle

The worksheet is made to be printed and then completed with a pencil or pen. If you prefer to do the exercises online, click or press on 'Preparation', 'Task 1' and 'Task 2' and you can see them in digital format.

All the best

Kirk

The LearnEnglish Team