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

I never have the opportunity to make a call in English. I probably don't do it very well because I'm very shy. I have never left a voicemail either; actually, in my country it is not common.

Actually no, I have never made phone calls or voicemessages in English due to lacking of English skill. I scared of communicating to foreigners. I'm not good at listenning and speaking. Whenever I met a native speakers, I would run away and stood in corner and watched them.

We rarely use voice message in our country. But it will be useful when I arrive abroad. Thank you so much.

Not really, I have not had the opportunity to make phone calls or leave voicemails message in English yet. I need to improve my English in order to make it.

Finally, I am improving my English doing this kind of exercise. Listening always was a great problem for my learning.

Thanks a lot for this lesson, its very useful. I think that Marina speaks quickly.

I used to make phone calls in English when i try to practice speaking skills with my friends. Currently, I am spending most of time for work, therefore I am no longer making phone call in English. I have never left a voicemail in english before.

Nice

i don't make any a voicemail or phone call in english but i look forward to do this next time

No, I don't. But I have some friends who practice English with me via WhatsApp, and sometimes I have to send them voice messages, and it's a little bit embarrassing to make mistakes in front of them.