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

No, I don´t. Because the country where I am form and the contacts I have, I´m not accustomed to make phone calls in English nor leave voicemail messages. There were only around three times when I call and speak in English, the first one, it was a call for asking for information about a bilingual high school I´d like to work someday. The second call I made, it was for asking to an American guy who is a chiropractor for information about the price of his service. And thirdly, it was because my Laptop was broken and I needed it repaired as soon as possible, and he was the only person who could help me by then, he was an American guy too. I´ll try to have more contacts in order to get fluency at English and become a bilingual person. My main goal now, it is to get a C1 English level by January 2021. (So, this is why I´m taking these great resources at this Platform!)

Yes, i do. I make a phone call to any person when i need some help or to discuss anything related to my work.

Actually , I tried to reply on an interview in English when I intended to apply on somejob.

No I did not

Yes I always make a call to person for information

Yes, I always make a call to my family members, friends. But I've never left any voice message in English.

asking phone number in task -1 is not a good question

I don't but I have a customised message i send to callers I failed to get in touch with

No I didn’t

I usually make phone calls or send email. I don't like to leave voicemail messages in English.