Leaving a message

Listen to someone leaving a message to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Transcript

Jane: Hello, this is the sales department. Jane Solomon speaking.

Peter: Hello, is Maria Fernandez there, please?

Jane: No, I'm sorry. She's not in the office at the moment. She's on her lunch break.

Peter: Oh. Could you take a message, please? Could you tell her that Peter Griffin called?

Jane: Sure. Could you give me your number?

Peter: It's 0-7-4-6-0 double 9-0-1 double 8.

Jane: Thanks. That's 0-7-4-6-0 2-9-0-1-2-8.

Peter: Sorry, no. It's 0-7-4-6-0 9-9-0-1-8-8.

Jane: 9-9-0-1-8-8.

Peter: Yes. Please ask her to call me back, and tell her it's about the PXO project. I need the new project figures.

Jane: The PXO project. Right. I'll give her your message when she comes back to the office.

Peter: Thank you. In case I'm in a meeting when she calls back, can I give you my email address too?

Jane: Of course.

Peter: Great. It's P-E-T-E-R dot G-R-I-F-F-I-N at F-R-E-S-H dot com.

Jane: Can I read that back to you?

Peter: Sure.

Jane: That's P-E-T-E-R dot G-R-I-F-F-I-N at F-R-E-S-H dot com.

Peter: Yes, that's it.

Jane: OK. I'll tell her you called.

Peter: Thank you. Goodbye.

Jane: Goodbye.

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Discussion

How often do you make phone calls in English?

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Actually, I'd just received few calls by English, but I'd made just one call to speak an English tongue.

Oh yes, whenever I need assitence for any company's product I often make calls in English only. That is a good practice of speaking and more comfortable for me to speak on phone rather than speaking with anyone in person.

Unfortunately, I never have a chance to call in English.

Oh, I love to call from office to the clients. Hello, technical departments, Ugulhan Nab speaking. Hello, are Robert Jenson there? I am sorry. He is not at the moment , here. He is on his lunch break. Could you leave a message? I will tell him that you called. Yes, please. Tell him that I called, and he call me back. He has my number. It is about IT project. Oh, I see. I will give him your message. OK, Would you like to leave anything also? Thank you for calling! After getting your message, Robert will call you back. Bye for now.

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hi I think ," In case I'm in a meeting when she calls back," it's not true it's better to say,"In case i will be in a meeting when she ccalls back

Hi esi,

After 'in case' we don't use a future form even though the action or event happens in the future. For example;

Correct: I'll take an umbrella in case it rains.

Incorrect: I'll take an umbrella in case it will rain.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team