Leaving a message

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

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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Submitted by Kirk Moore on Fri, 10/01/2020 - 06:19

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Hello albert9315

It's great that you want to practise your English, but I'm afraid our House rules don't allow you to share the kind of personal information required to contact another user. This is for legal reasons -- sorry for the inconvenience!

All the best

Kirk

The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by f.agadr on Wed, 13/11/2019 - 13:17

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f.agadr I sometimes make phone calls in English

Submitted by Maksmatt on Tue, 08/10/2019 - 11:13

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I never do phone calls in English.

Submitted by ikmalzulkifli on Thu, 03/10/2019 - 07:22

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This question is wonderful

Submitted by lionel on Thu, 12/09/2019 - 14:45

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I often make calls in English when I am on Free4talk. It's so interesting and I can improve my English very much

Submitted by Raqueline Monteiro on Fri, 06/09/2019 - 15:01

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I never had this experience of talk in English. I'd like to talk, if anyone wants too, why not speak with a new friend?

Submitted by Fudhol on Wed, 04/09/2019 - 10:46

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I have never make a call in English because that is difficult to find someone to speak English in here even when calling.