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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How often do you make phone calls in English?

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Honestly, speak on the phone with somebody is really difficult for me. Just when you speak face to face it is easy to understand by emotion or movement hand or mouth. But maybe it's best method improve your skills.

none ,i wish in future i'll improve my skills to have the ability to talk fluncilty with native peoples.

I seldom make phone calls in English before. Lately, I have an English course so I sometimes call my English teacher when I need her help to explain the lessons.

I have never done it before. But current, I have a class to talk with a native speaker, we have a lesson twice a week by video call. And I think it is affected when has a phone call in English every week that makes my skills improve better, I can talk with them like two friends, in nature and no worry

Dear team. From the audio above: Peter: It's 0-7-4-6-0 double 9-0-1 double 8. He spells 'it's ou seven four.....' Why not??? 'it's zero seven four six.....' As we know: O (ou) is character 0 (zero) is number. Thank you for explanation and answer.

Hi fahri, Yes, you could say the number as 'zero seven four ...'. But it's very common to say 'oh' instead of 'zero' in everyday use (e.g. phone numbers, house or flat numbers, or room numbers). In maths or science, zero is usually used (e.g. 0.7 = 'zero point seven'). Best wishes, Jonathan The LearnEnglish Team

I have never made phone calls but I write messages by e-mail.

Actually, I've never done it before. I had some job interviews in English. Successful by the way )) I've been on a bunch of speaking classes with some native speakers. But I've never ever called somebody to talk in English. I think it would be tough if the truth be known. I don't feel confident with my speaking and listening skills yet. That's why I'm here to improve my skills and become more fluent in your language. I hope I do it right and my goal is near ))

Never lol. I have no security for this