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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Task 2

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Discussion

How often do you make phone calls in English?

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A2 Pre-intermediate

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I was making phone calls in english with people from different countries in a learning language app.

I have never made a phone call in English so far, I just send simple messages on messenger or something like that and I am sure I will use English a lot in the future.

No, I have never called someone in English. However, I would like to try it, but I don't have any friends to study English with :(

I have never made phone calls in English. Because my English listening and speaking is so bad. So, I am not enough to be confident to communicate by English language.

No, I never leave a message in English. I live a message in hindi. I write message in English.

leaving message in case you didn't get direct answer from person or whatever you want it isn't my preferred(favorite) way in dallying with unanswered calls for that I just hang up that call and try again later.

I almost never make calls in English because I have difficulty speaking and understanding English.

Until now I never have left a message in English because I din't have the oportunity yet, nevertheless when I hear some conversation in english I pay a lot of attention trying to understand more.

I seldom make a phone call in English these days. When I was in other country I had to make phone calls. it was difficult and bothered me a lot.

1 Hello 2 Yes, what do you want? 1 Sorry, can I hear Milisa, please. 2 She is not here now, she has a lunch. 1 Oy, so could you take a message for her? 2 Of course. 1 Please, tell to her, that Mikhail called, and ask about new project that she should sent to me. 2 All right, I will tell to her. 1 Thank you, good bye 2 Bye