everyday english conversations - at the post office

Everyday English Conversations –

At The Post Office

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Vocabulary &

Phrases

Dialogues

letter post card mail post office box PO box stamp deliver mailaddress return address zip code insurance printed matter junk mail personal mail

postal money order air mail sea mail mailman postal clerk picture post card postagecancelled stamp commemorative stamp postbox mailbox stamp machine

Vocabulary

Phrases These English phrases will help you in a post office when you need to buy stamps, send mail, or use other services.

how much is a First Class stamp?

how much is a Second Class stamp?

I'd like ..., please

an envelope

a packet of envelopes

a jiffy bag

could I have ..., please?

a First Class stamp

a Second Class stamp

a book of First Class stamps

some First Class stamps

how many would you like?

how many are there in a book?

I'd like to send this to ...

Canada

I'd like to send this parcel to ...

Brazil

how much will it cost to send this letter to ...?

the United States

can you put it on the scales, please?

I'd like to send this letter by ...

Recorded Delivery (signature required on delivery)

Special Delivery (guaranteed next day delivery in the UK, with compensation for loss or damage)

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where's the postbox?

what's the last date I can post this to ... to arrive in time for Christmas?

Germany

Australia

I've come to collect a parcel

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Other servicesI'd like to pay this bill

I'd like to send some money to ...

Poland

India

do you sell ...?

postcards

birthday cards

Christmas cards

I'd like to get a TV licence

I need to renew my TV licence

can you fill in this form, please?

do you have a ...?

photo booth

photocopier

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Things you might see

First Class

Second Class

International

Airmail

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Air mail, please.

Postal clerk:—Yes, ma´am?

Mrs Ryefield:—How much is a stamp to send a letter to France, please?

Postal clerk:—Air mail or surface mail?

Mrs Ryefield:—Air mail, please.

Postal clerk:—That´ll be eighty-five cents.

Mrs Ryefield:—Four stamps, please. How much is that?

Postal clerk:—Three dollars and forty cents.

Mrs Ryefield:—There you go.

Dialogues

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A: I would like to send this letter to Japan by airmail, how much is the charge?

B: It’s 1.2, do you need extra stamps?

A: I do, I’ve been also expecting a package from New York. Here is my identity card and the receipt.

B: Would you mind signing this form? Here is your package.

A: Finally, I would like to send this registered letter to London.

B: Please fill in the complete address in capital letters.

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Postal clerk: What can I do for you today?

Carol: I need to mail this package to New York, please.

Postal clerk: OK, let’s see how much it weighs … it’s about five pounds. If you send it express, it will get there tomorrow. Or, you can send it priority and it will get there by Saturday.

Carol: Saturday is fine. How much will that be?

Postal clerk: $11.35 [eleven thirty-five]. Do you need anything else?

Carol: Oh, yeah! I almost forgot. I need a book of stamps, too.

Postal clerk: OK, your total comes to $20.35 [twenty dollars and thirty-five cents].

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Postal office clerk: Good morning, what can I do for you today?

Karen: Good morning. I have to send this parcel to Thailand, please.

Postal office clerk: OK, pass me the parcel through the opened window and let’s see how much it weighs. It weighs 3 kilos. you need to send it by airmail, it will get there in about 7 days.

Postal office clerk: You also have the option of using international signed for.

Karen: What is that?

Postal office clerk: Same as airmail, but the person in Thailand has to sign for it when the post man delivers it to them.

Karen: How much does that cost?

Postal office clerk: An extra £5.15 [five pounds and fifteen pence] and it is insured up to £50 [fifty pounds]

Karen: It's OK, 7 days by airmail is fine. How much will sending the parcel be?

Postal office clerk: £10.15 [ten pounds and fifteen pence]. Do you need anything else?

Karen: Oh, I nearly forgot. I need to buy 2 books of stamps, one first class and the other second class.

Postal office clerk: OK, that will be £15.35 [fifteen pounds and thirty five pence].

Anita is at the post office. She is talking to the clerk.

Clerk: May I help you?

Anita: Yes, please. I need some stamps for this card.

Clerk: Let me weigh it for you. That is one dollar and fifty cents.

Anita: Okay. Thank you.

Clerk: Do you need anything else?

Anita: Yes, please. I also need to send this package.

Clerk: Let me weigh it for you. That is three dollars and ten cents.

Anita: Here you are. That is four dollars and sixty cents.

Clerk: Thank you. Is that all?

Anita: Yes it is. Thanks for all your help.

Thank you!

I hope this will help you, a little.

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everyday english conversations - at the post office

Education

postal office

postal clerk

mrs ryefield

good morning

air mail

fifteen pence

class stamp

clerk