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

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Wow

I never make calls or leave a message. In reallity i don't like to make calls, when i do it i feel so nervous. But when i nedd to do it, i just do it. I learnt new vocabulary with this activity.

No, I'm not native in English so I speak in my mother language

no, I don't.

Not yet, but I'm going to call someone in the very near future.

Yes, i do make phone calls. Every day, i make many calls for various purposes. But, i generally don't leave a voice message. If needed, i use text message.

Yes most of my daily work is through phone calls as I have my direct manager staying in London UK so i have to contact her periodically using the phone

great and clear than you

yes,i did before

I never try but now I think it a good idea to do it