TELEPHONE ENGLISH (SAYING GOOD--BYE)

Good morning and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

Today we are going to finish telephone expressions by focusing on Saying Goodbye. We also include a dialogue that incorporates telephone expressions from the Daily Vitamins that we've seen over the past week.

Saying Goodbye Workplace (Formal): You can use one of the following expressions (or a combination of them) to end your phone calls. 
⇒ Thank you for calling.
⇒ Thank you for your time.
⇒ It was nice talking to you.
⇒ I look forward to talking to you again soon.
⇒ I look forward to hearing from you soon.
⇒ Please call me back as soon as you can.
⇒ We'll talk again soon. Goodbye.

At Home (Informal): Some more informal expressions for ending your phone calls are:
⇒ Thanks for calling.
⇒ I'll talk to you soon. (Talk to you soon.)
⇒ I'll call you back later. Bye.

Example Telephone Conversation in the Workplace:
Receptionist: Good morning. ABC Industries. How can I help you?
Caller: Good morning. I'd like to speak to Mr. Kelly in the Marketing Department.
R.: Who's calling, please?
C.: This is Mrs. Long.
R.: One moment please, Mrs. Long, while I put your call through. (PAUSE)
R.: I'm sorry. Mr. Kelly isn't available at this moment. Would you like to leave a message?
C.: Could you ask him to call Janet Long at 883 7718, please? I'm in the office mornings and afternoons.
R.: Janet Long at 883 7718. Okay...I'll pass the message on to him.
C.: Thank you very much.
R.: You're welcome. Goodbye.
C.: Goodbye.

To get some more practice, I encourage you to create a short dialogue with these phrases and post your dialogue to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky); we will give you feedback about your writing ASAP.

I hope the rest of your day goes well. 

All the best!