Must-Have phrases for phone calls ! (Informal)
Answering the Phone
• Hello!
• Hi!
• Hey!
• What's up?
• How's it going?
Introducing yourself
• My name is ...!
• It's John speaking!
Asking to speak to someone:
• Is John there?
• Can I talk to John?
Connecting someone
• Let me see if John is available!
• Yes, I'll just get him!
Explaining absence
• He's not in!
Taking a message
• Can I take a message?
• Do you want me to tell him you rang? (UK)
• Do you want me to tell him you called? (US)
Finishing a call
• It was nice talking to you!
• Good-bye!
• Bye!