A voicemail message

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.

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Submitted by RAMIDABABO on Fri, 11/08/2023 - 08:43

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definitely yes, as it was part of my job in the past, contacting the Belgian company to order spare parts to our weaving machine.

Submitted by Osama15 on Wed, 09/08/2023 - 18:14

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No honestly, because English is not my main language but I hope for that

Submitted by Mohamed Alkady on Tue, 08/08/2023 - 20:18

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Is that phrase correct?
I look forward to hearing from you.
I think it might be
I'm looking forward to hear from you

Hello Mohamed Alkady,

The phrase is correct. We say 'hearing' because 'to' is a preposition rather than a part of the infinitive here. Prepositions have objects and these can be nouns (to the party, to the meeting) or -ing forms (to meeting you, to working with you).

You can say either 'I look forward to...' or 'I'm looking forward to...' here. The second is a little less formal to my ear.

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by -linthuniek' on Tue, 08/08/2023 - 11:01

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I never do that because it isn't my native language

Submitted by mostafa23150 on Fri, 04/08/2023 - 15:23

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No, I am arab man use arabic in calls but i try learn english hardly

Submitted by Johajan on Thu, 03/08/2023 - 17:40

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ot yet, I can write something, but I think I need to learn more to do it well.

This is an easy and pleasant task to understand, you can easily understand the dialogues, so it helps a lot in the development of English.

My name is Paulo Reyes, I am learning a lot thanks to our teacher, this page will allow me to improve my English.

Submitted by osople on Sat, 29/07/2023 - 10:22

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Yes. I do
I call my brother everyday to talk about what news. He lives abroad.
I Also make voicemal to my relative to be aware their situation.