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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No. My job doesn't officially require it. I promote it by talking to my boss and my partner Cristina. But only with short sentences

No, I haven´t called or left voicemail messages in English, but I occasionally I write some messages in English for Whatsapp

I didn't but i do that in whatssap

I do make phone calls in English, but never left a voice in English. I do send notes via whatsapp in English.

Yes, I do. It was scary for me because I made many mistakes.

i tried to do that with my friends but it failed

I look forward to making a voice call in English with someone by the telegram app.

Yes, i've ever been called by English. When i needed some informations about visa I called to IRan embassy. They helped me to contact with Vietnamese.

I don’t make phone calls ou leave voicemail messages in English because I don’t speak English very well yet, and I feel a bit nervous.

yes, i usually make calls to my colleagues,friends for office work, and personal help. I sometimes call to customer service regarding my monthly phone bill, banking transactions, online purchase, booking appointments and so on. most of the time when i call my friends on phone they answered but customers often do not pick up my call so i leave a voice mail message.