General Listening Quiz

Listen to the recording on phone messages and read along with the conversation. Review the key vocabulary and the sample sentences.

Little Girl: Hello.

Caller: He, hel . . . hello? Uh, yeah. Is . . . uh . . . your dad home?

Little Girl: Just a minute please.

Older Sister: Hello.

Caller: Uh . . . yeah . . . uh hello? Yeah, um . . . is . . . uh . . . Nick home please?

Older Sister: Oh, he can’t come to the phone right now.

Caller: Okay, well, um, yeah, I need to talk to your dad. Um, yeah, could you . . . um . . . take a message?

Older Sister: Yeah.

Caller: Yeah. This is . . . my name’s Nick Johnson. And if you . . .

Older Sister: The phone number?

Caller: Yeah if you could tell him. Yeah, the phone number is 589 [Uh-huh.] 7248.

Older Sister: 589-7248?

Caller: Yeah, right and if you could tell him to call me tonight between 7:00 and 8:30?

Older Sister: Okay.

Caller: Alright, and uh. Now, I think . . . are you his daughter?

Older Sister: Yeah.

Caller: Yeah, now what’s your name?

Older Sister: I . . . I’m not supposed to tell that.

Caller: Ah, that’s really smart. Alright, well just tell him I called.

Older Sister: [O]kay.

Caller: Okay, bye.

Older Sister: Bye.

minute (noun): a brief period of time
– I’ll be there in a minute, just finishing up this task.

could (modal verb): used to indicate possibility or ability in the past
– She could run faster when she was younger.

message (noun): a communication or information sent to someone
– I left a message for him on his voicemail.

smart (adjective): having or showing good judgment
– That was a smart decision to study before the test.

really (adverb): very or extremely
– I really enjoyed the movie we watched last night.