Here we will teach you 10 phrases for telephone calls. Many students have problems speaking on the phone and they don't know how to actually communicate on phones. Here we will learn great ways to speak on the phone. The first one is, Hi, this is Jane, when you want to introduce herself on the phone, don't say I am Jane. This is not correct. Say Hi, this is Jane.
Number two, this is formal way where you want to speak to somebody you can say May I speak with john smith. May I speak with john smith? And this is an informal way. What do you want to speak to somebody on the phone is john there is john there. Number four is I'm calling about when you want to actually Tell the person Why did you call why you called, you can say this, I'm calling about homework. Hello.
I'm calling about, for example, your, for example, mother's accident. Number five, as I'm returning your call, many students do not understand the meaning of this. I'm giving you a call back, which is more informal, or I'm returning your call. They are quite common in the US. It is of course obvious that you're calling them. But you're saying that you missed a call.
And you're calling back for that reason. So that's why we say I'm returning your call. So you missed the call and that's why you are calling them back. Number six is formal. One moment, please. When you want to tell the other person on the phone to wait, you can tell them One moment please And the informal way to ask somebody to wait, he's Hang on a second, or hang on a sec.
Sometimes very fast. Hang on a sec. But this is informal. Number eight is he's not here. Would you like to leave a message? When somebody's asking you about somebody on the phone, and he's not here, you can tell him?
Would you like to leave a message? Do you like to send a message? Could you ask him to call me back? If you call actually somebody, but he's not at home. And for example, he's mother answers you can tell his mother, could you ask him to call me back? A number 10 Thanks for calling when you want to thank somebody for calling you.
Okay, we learn 10 ways to 10 phrases to speak on the phone. Hi, this is Jane. May I speak with john smith is john there. I'm calling about our returning girl call. One moment, please hang on a sec. is not here.
Would you like to leave a message? Could you ask him to call me back? And thanks for calling? So guys, let's use these phrases in some examples. Here. There's a conversation between I think Sarah and John's mother.
Hello, this is Sarah saris introducing herself on the phone. I'm calling from post office. May I speak with john smith? And John's mother says he's not here. Would you like to leave a message? sources?
No, thanks. Could you ask him to call me back? Thanks. Thanks. There's a conversation here between, I guess Mary and john. Hello, john.
This is Mary. I'm calling about your employment. Please write down our email address for any contact. And john says One moment, please. Which means Wait, what's very polite? Let me get a pen.
And thanks for calling. Thank you that he called me. sorrow and John's father. Hello, is john there? And John's father says, hang on a sec. No, I guess he's out of sources, because you asked him to call me back.
Thanks. So sorry. He's asking John's father to tell john to call her. So we learned many ways to speak on the phone. practice them, understand them. And I suggest you to come back to my lessons and understand them.
Very well. Thank you.