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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Task 2

Exercise

Discussion

Do you ever make phone calls or leave voicemail messages in English?

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A1 Elementary

Yeah I have tried but I think my voice notes are not good

I did. But english is not my first language, so it not very often i used in daily because my family and also my friends not using it as a daily language to communicate. *please correct my english, because your correction helps me a lot to proofread and improve my english

Hi Nasywa Shiyami Fauzia Zulva,

Sorry, we don't correct user comments here, but if you have a specific question about something, feel free to ask :)

Best wishes,

Jonathan

The LearnEnglish Team

Yes, I do make phone call and leave voicemail messages sometimes. All though, I am not too comfortable and confident when I have to leave a voicemail. So sometimes, I put down the phone instead of leaving a message.

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No, I have never made calls in English.

I never did that in English language. I think it's very important for a company. when a client calling you but at this moment your so busy you can set auto reply.

No, I never make phone calls in English, but I would like to try it.

I prefer to call at other moments because I feel that my messages don't arrive or I feel uncertain about if the message was clear for the other person. by the way, I never have spoken in English with another person, I hope to do it soon.