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?

Download

Worksheet70.36 KB

Try another listening

Language level

A1 - Elementary

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.

Yes. I did.