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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Phone call

Hi,

I've been taught a lot of unuseful stuff at my English classes, but I have never learned how to make a phone call. More precisely, I am not sure how to begin it.

For example, I would like to answer an advertisement concerning, say, renting an apartment.

How should I begin the conversation?

Hello, ....?

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Top answer

Hello I saw your advertisement in the *** paper and I wondered if you could give me some information on the apartment please... I saw your advert for an apartment in the *** paper - is it still available?

— Nona the brit

  • Hello I saw your advertisement in the *** paper and I wondered if you could give me some information on the apartment please...
  • I saw your advert for an apartment in the *** paper - is it still available?
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Hello

I saw your advertisement in the *** paper and I wondered if you could give me some information on the apartment please...

I saw your advert for an apartment in the *** paper - is it still available?
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I guess you can also begin like this:

I'm calling about an ad I saw (you say where, when) . Is *** still available?
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I usually give my name first, out of courtesy-- but that is a personal decision.
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Moreover, when someone asks for you on the phone, you never say "it's me", you say"speaking!"
And when you introduce yourself on the phone, you say "*** speaking. I'd like to takl with YYY"
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One option, Pieanne, but not required.
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