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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Language level

A1 - Elementary

Not yet, I did not know what to say with a machine

Not yet, but I will another time

Not yet, but i will be very glad to do it.

I call. I often miss text messages because I'm buisy. I hate when people send messages with urgent topics and wait for reply a lot of time.

Not yet but if I'll have the opportunity, I would like to be fluently.

thanks

I have never done this before. If i have opportunity, i will try to it

I often leave a voice massage after a second attempt .

Yes, I often make phone calls in English to my customers for collection of payments. And I also leave voicemail messages in English whenever I do not get response from my customers.