Leaving a message

Leaving a message

Listen to someone leaving a message to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

Jane: Hello, this is the sales department. Jane Solomon speaking.

Peter: Hello, is Maria Fernandez there, please?

Jane: No, I'm sorry. She's not in the office at the moment. She's on her lunch break.

Peter: Oh. Could you take a message, please? Could you tell her that Peter Griffin called?

Jane: Sure. Could you give me your number?

Peter: It's 0-7-4-6-0 double 9-0-1 double 8.

Jane: Thanks. That's 0-7-4-6-0 2-9-0-1-2-8.

Peter: Sorry, no. It's 0-7-4-6-0 9-9-0-1-8-8.

Jane: 9-9-0-1-8-8.

Peter: Yes. Please ask her to call me back, and tell her it's about the PXO project. I need the new project figures.

Jane: The PXO project. Right. I'll give her your message when she comes back to the office.

Peter: Thank you. In case I'm in a meeting when she calls back, can I give you my email address too?

Jane: Of course.

Peter: Great. It's P-E-T-E-R dot G-R-I-F-F-I-N at F-R-E-S-H dot com.

Jane: Can I read that back to you?

Peter: Sure.

Jane: That's P-E-T-E-R dot G-R-I-F-F-I-N at F-R-E-S-H dot com.

Peter: Yes, that's it.

Jane: OK. I'll tell her you called.

Peter: Thank you. Goodbye.

Jane: Goodbye.

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Average: 4.1 (52 votes)
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Submitted by Eskafeca on Fri, 13/02/2026 - 13:19

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Never. I don't have any friends who speak English, so I never make calls.

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Submitted by mouradkss on Mon, 09/02/2026 - 21:45

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Recently i call my daughter and we spoke in English, it was so fani, but usually I speak in Arabic or franch.

Submitted by Sinatra_Junior on Thu, 22/01/2026 - 20:35

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Talking on the phone is very difficult, especially when you need to receive a lot of information.  But it's okay, we'll do It better soon. 

 

 

 

Submitted by FVPrieto on Fri, 26/12/2025 - 14:48

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 I can't make phone calls in English. I'm studying English to improve my English.

Submitted by moaz_shamekh on Wed, 17/12/2025 - 20:59

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I have never made  phone calls in English, but I have texted in English before.

Submitted by Mutlu A. on Wed, 03/12/2025 - 08:49

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l have never called in English because l can't speak English proficiently . But soon I will try.

Submitted by hichou. on Sat, 29/11/2025 - 15:38

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I can’t find the audio. Where is it

Hello hichou.

You can find the audio player between the preparation and transcript sections. Just click on the player arrow (it looks like this ▶︎).

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

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Submitted by VIKO- on Thu, 24/07/2025 - 20:53

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I never calling, is better write on Wsp :)

Submitted by Koama on Tue, 01/07/2025 - 16:19

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I receive calls from my friend twice a week

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