Practise the following cliches. Use them in a natural context.

Translate the word-combination into Ukrainian.

- to fill in (to make out) a form

- to sign for smth

- to write one's name in full

- to write one's name legibly

- to get a receipt

- to weigh a letter / a parcel

- to declare the value of a parcel

- to insure a parcel

- enclosed you will find

- to correspond regularly

- to maintain a correspondance with...

- to drop a line to smb

- a slip of the pen

- to mail / post / send a letter

- "poste restante" letters

- postman

- sender

- addressee

- return address

- to post a letter abroad

- to dispatch the post

- to have the letter registered

- to drop a letter into the pillar-box

- a blind letter

- to deliver a letter

- to get / receive a letter

- to get the mail on time

- a stamped envelope

- two dollars' worth of stamps

- to stick / paste a postage stamp on the envelope

- to stick an envelope

- to send a postal packet

- to send smth by book-post

- to maintain a packing service

- to insure the parcel for...dollars

- to have the printed matter registered

- to get a receipt for the charges on the parcel

- to get a postal money-order form

- to send a money-order by mail

- to fill in the reverse side of the form

- to get a telegram form

- to send a telegram

- the ordinary rate per word

- to pay for the answer to a telegram

- to send a telegram by "special delivery"

- to charge for the address of the telegram

Insert the prepositions or postverbal adverbs wherever necessary.

1. The weight limit ... parcels wrapped ... paper is one kilo. 2. They charge $ 0.90 per word ... an ordinary telegram. 3. This year we have subscribes ... the newspaper Washington Post. 4. I think I insure this parcel ... $ 15. 5. Can I send a registered letter ... London? 6. Excuse me, what side ... money oreder form must I fill ...? 7. They sell stamps, envelopes, postcards ... window 7. Sorry, I have run ... ... air-mail envelopes. 8. How can I send money ... post? 9. Postal orders are usually issued ... small sums ... money. 10. What window do they pay ... old age pensions ...?

Practise the following cliches. Use them in a natural context.

Where is the General Post Office?

Where is the mail-box?

Where can I post a telegram?

Where do they deal with money orders (parcels)?

Are there any "poste restante" letters for me?

Are there any foreign letters in my name?

In whose name?

What is the inland (foreign, registered) postage rate?

What does the regestering of this letter cost?

How does one post a letter abroad?

At what time is the post dispatched?

I want to have the letter registered.

A local letter can be dropped into the pillar-box.

A letter can't be sent post-free.

Where is the Parcel Office?

How do I send a parcel?

What is the fee?

What is the weight?

What is the weight limit for parcel-post deliveries?

Where am I to get a postal money-order form?

Give me a telegram form, please.

When will the telegram be delivered?

What does a telegram of twenty words cost?

What is the ordinary rate per word?

The answer is paid for.

I should like the telegram to be sent express.

Has the post come yet? Were there any letters for me?

Will you kindly drop in at the post office on the way to the University? I want...

When will the next mail to the USA go?

How long does a letter take to get to New York by air-mail?

What the registration fee for a registered letter to Kyiv?

What's wrong with this poscard? Why was it sent back?

How much will you charge for a parcel to London?

How much do you charge per word for an urgent telegram?

I'd like it registered and insured.

How much is the postage for letter to London?

Please, give an envelope with a stamp?

Please, send it air-mail?

I'd like to send a registeres letter.

At what window do I send a registered letter?

Are there any letters for me?

How long will it take by parcel post?

Fill in the form, please.

Here is your receipt.

What is the total amount?
Where shall sign at the receipt?

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