Useful Telephone Phrases

7/25/2019 Useful Telephone Phrases http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/useful-telephone-phrases 1/2 Useful Telephone Phrases - Free English lesson to speak English fluently on the phone I f y ou ’ r e l i k e mo s t Eng l i s h l ea r ne r s , y ou nd i t d i ﬃ c ul t t o mak e phone c al l s in Eng l i s h. Bu t i f y ou ’ r e t r a ve l l i ng ab r oad o r wo r k i n g i n a fo r e i g n c omp an y , u si n g En g l i s h o n t h e p ho ne is es s en t i a l . So h ow d o y o u c on qu er t h i s ob s ta cl e to u e n c y ? He r e ar e s o me Us e fu l t e l e ph on e v o c ab u l a r y a nd ph r a s es in En g l i s h . Firstly, when you are the caller the phrases that you can use are Hello / Good morning / Good afternoon … This is John Brown speaking Could / !ay speak to ……… please" #d like to speak to …$$ #m calling on %ehalf of !r$ & … 'ecei(ing a call)* +ho#s calling please" +ho#s speaking" +here are you calling from hrases used for asking the caller to hold) Hold the line please Hang on -informal speech. Just a moment please Gi(ing negati(e information)* am afraid he#s in a meeting at the moment$ am sorry he/ she is out of the oce #m afraid you ha(e got the wrong num%er$

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Useful Telephone Phrases - Free English lesson tospeak English fluently on the phone

If you’re like most English learners, you nd it difficult to make phone calls i n English. But if you’re travelling abroad orworking in a f oreign company, using English on the phone i s e ssential. So how do you conquer this o bstacle t ouency?Here a re so me U seful telephone vocabulary an d p hrases in E nglish.

Firstly, when you are the caller thephrases that you can use are

Hello / Good morning / Good afternoon …This is John Brown speakingCould / !ay speak to ……… please"

#d like to speak to …$$#m calling on %ehalf of !r$ & …

'ecei(ing a call)*+ho#s calling please"+ho#s speaking"+here are you calling from

hrases used for asking the callerto hold)

Hold the line pleaseHang on -informal speech.

Just a moment please

Gi(ing negati(e information)* am afraid he#s in a meeting at the moment$ am sorry he/ she is out of the o ce#m afraid you ha(e got the wrong num%er$