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AT THE POST-OFFICE. THE TELEPHONE.

Read and say what the person could be talking about in each of the following sentences. What is it about?

- I put it into the mail-box and went home.

- It can not write any more. It has been broken.

- Have you stuck it on the envelope?

- What’s the charge of it?

- Can you wrap it, please?

- What is the rate per word in it?

- You can send a special delivery letter and a postal order there.

- I have to post it today.

- He delivers post twice a day in our office.

- A box in which we put letters.

- A container of a letter.

Circle the synonymous words.

letter deliver different message bring various visitor register charge customer list tax send difficult pack post hard arrange wrap destination request cover goal ask

Match the notices below with the places where they might be seen.

⁪ 1) a bookshop a) Do not disturb

⁪ 2) a supermarket b) Science Fiction

⁪ 3) a theatre c) Today’s Exchange Rates

⁪ 4) a train d) Please return all trolleys

⁪ 5) a hotel restaurant outside e) Do Not Lean out of the Windows

⁪ 6) a hotel room f) Open to Non-Residents

⁪ 7) a phone box g) Evening Performance 7.30

⁪ 8) a bank h) For Emergency Calls Dial 999

⁪ 9) a playground i) Telegrams Here

⁪ 10) an airport j) International Flights Only

⁪ 11) a post-office k) No DOGS, No BALL GAMES

⁪ 12) a post box l) For AIR MAIL ONLY

Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian without dictionary, paying special attention to the italicized words and phrases.

1. When I want to post a letter, I must put it in an envelope properly addressed, affix a stamp and drop it into a letter-box.

2. Separate rates are charged for books and parcels, and extra charges are made for package s which are overweigh t or which bear insufficient stamps.

3. In towns it is usual for letters to be collected and delivered several times a day.

4. To write a letter we need a note-paper, an envelope, a pen and a stamp.

5. Those who prefer to pick up their mail in person, get letters, telegrams, parcels and remittances at the window “Poste Restante: (to be called for).

6. One can send ordinary, urgent and express telegrams with reply pre-paid.

7. Registered letters are delivered personally.

8. When you want to post a letter you must fold it up, put it into an envelope, write on it the address and stick a stamp in the corner.

9. In England, if one wants to send small sums by post, he must buy a postal order form, fill it in and send it an ordinary letter to the payee.

10. In England letter-boxes are often called pillar-boxes. They are red and stand near at the edge of the pavement.

Answer the following questions.

1. Where can you post a letter, buy stamps, postcards and envelopes?

2. When is your local post-office open?

3. What services does your local post-office offer the public?

4. How much does an air-mail letter cost?

5. What is the advantage of the air-mail service?

6. Where do you receive parcels?

7. Have you got a telephone at home?

8. Have you got a telephone directory?

9. How do you telephone from a slot phone?

10. What do you do if you get the wrong number by mistake?