For each sentence, place the letter of the best answer in the space provided

1. The Post-office has many duties:

a) it can suggest eating some fast food;

b) we can see an interesting film there;

c) we can send letters and other mail there.

 

2. You want to have a conversation with a friend of yours who lives in another town. So you:

a) send a letter;

b) make a trunk call;

c) buy an envelope;

d) send a reply pre-paid telegram.

 

3. You want to send your letter by air-mail and registered. So you:

a) buy stamps and give them to the official behind the counter with the notice “Registered Letters”;

b) you fill in the printed form and cash the money;

c) you drop your letter into the nearest pillar-box;

d) you weigh the letter on the scales.

 

4. When you answer the telephone and can’t make out who is speaking to you, you say:

a) “Hold the line”.

b) “I am sorry, it must be the wrong number”.

c) “Who is on line?”

d) “Thanks for calling”.

 

5. The telephonist generally says in case he (she) can’t put you through:

a) “I can’t get through”.

b) “Speak slowly, please.”

c) “May I use your phone?”

d) “I can’t hear you well”.

 

6. You have forgotten your friend’s telephone number. So you look in the:

a) cookery;

b) notebook;

c) telephone directory;

d) newspaper.

Put the given words in the correct group according to their categories.

sign, signature, greeting, describe, should, avoid, dullness, main, lack, prefer, preferences, parcel, destination, deliver, delivery, address, careful, introduce, introductory, helpful, personal, application, mention

Person, object	Activity	Quality

 

Read out the beginning of the question and try to find how it ends. Then, ask each other these questions.

 1) Do you like a) you want to send a registered letter?

 2) Who do you usually get b) for a registered letter?

 3) Who do you c) writing letters?

 4) Do you have to pay extra d) the form?

 5) When do you send e) letters form?

 6) Do you have to go to the f) a registered letter

post-office if

 7) Can you just drop g) write to?

 8) Could you help me to fill out h) the letters by air mail?

 9) What are you going to buy i) at the post-office?

 

Match each sentence on the left with the best response on the right.

 1) Excuse me, but could you tell if a)Well, you’d better write out the full

there is a post-office nearby? name-just to be on the safe side, you

know.

 2) I want to send this letter to b) Twenty cents, please.

Kyiv. How much will it cost?

 3) Do I put just the initials or the c) Yes, there’s one just round the

full name obligatory? corner.

 4) Where shall I write my address? d) At the very bottom.

 5) Shall we make the packet e) Here you are.

registered?

 6) Can I send a postal order? f) Ordinary, please.

 7)Where can I get a telegram form?g) Here, at this window.

 8) I have a telegram to send. h) Yes, please.

What is the rate per word?

 9) Where is the poste restante? i) Of course, you can. And how much

money?

 10) Shall it be ordinary, urgent j) Regular mail-eight pence, air mail-

or express, sir? twelve pence.

A) Match these letters-writing phrases with similar meanings.

 1) I’d like to thank you for a) actually

 2) I’d like to tell you b) the other weekend

 3) It was just wonderful c) Thank you so much for

 4) I’m very sorry about d) It was really great

 5) I was quite fascinated by e) rather engaged

 6) a bit busy f) I should apologise for

 7) in fact g) I was really interested

 8) last weekend h) it’s been ages

 9) all being well i) You’re not going to believe this but

 10) even if j) by the way

 11) Great news! k) even though

 12) Believe it or not l) hopeful

 13) I’m considering doing m) I’m thinking of doing

 14) incidentally n) I’ve got some fantastic news

 15) it’s been such a long o) Let me tell you

time