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 mehdillica on Sun, 26/02/2023 - 17:39

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I didn't do a voicemail before

Submitted by eman_redo on Wed, 22/02/2023 - 01:09

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Yes, I made an interview in English before on a phone call, I was a little bit nervous, but my overall performance in this interview was good for someone who did not attend an English interviews before.

Submitted by julia.LENCINA1 on Tue, 21/02/2023 - 18:35

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i always leave voicemail messages

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Submitted by guillermot on Mon, 20/02/2023 - 14:17

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No, never i make phone calls or leave voicemail, Yes i have my voicemail of my movil phone in english by default

Submitted by amira_ashraf23 on Sat, 18/02/2023 - 00:50

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Yes, Actually I worked as a call center agent and it happened to me that the person we called was not there so he left a voicemail and we used it.

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Submitted by Vivere14 on Wed, 15/02/2023 - 11:23

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Do you ever make phone calls or leave voicemail messages in English?
Yes of course, I sometimes leave voicemail messages in English to improve my English. Also, I occasionally make phone calls to my friends in English

Submitted by Sanja on Tue, 14/02/2023 - 10:33

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No, I haven't opportunity to do that yet.

Submitted by SETTI on Sun, 29/01/2023 - 21:39

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I sometimes make phone calls in English with my friends and my family to improve my English

Submitted by hadeelhamadani95 on Sun, 29/01/2023 - 06:39

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in my previous work, I have to call many customers to explain the company's services as one of my job responsibilities, but, sometimes we couldn't reach them, so we leave a message directed to their email.