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

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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A1 Elementary

Well, I’ve had a phone call with my friend from Brazil in English. It was an useful experience which showed me where to pay attention and what to catch up, because there were some misunderstandings in our conversation which I don’t want to have no longer.

yes, i do i call my friends and my relatives, when i did not get them, i leave massage to them, so they can call me latter...

I didn't

No, never, I had not had this necessity, because my tongue language is Spanish and I do not people who speaks English.

no i am afraid to make mistake

Yes, I did, it was for my British friend to remind her our appointment

I don't, I Can't put my cellphone in english because it's dificult for me, however I use english for speak with my sister or translate some sentences that I saw in tv

No, because it is not our first language. We use our native tongue when speaking on the phone.

No, I didn't, but I often use voice message in whatsapp to ask my colleague about work by using my mother language.

Yes, I always use voice message in Instagram to tell about Kpop "Bang Tan Sonyeondan'' with my inter friend.

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