Tear – sign – dent – finish – break – crack

Figure 4

Exercise 172

Choose the correct definition for each word.

	incoming post c onfidential to distribute outgoing parcel first class mail to frank second class mail 9. to deliver				to take smth. (letters, goods) to people’s houses or places of work to divide and give out among several people or places arriving or received post spoken or written in secret and intended to be kept secret a class of mail in which letters and parcels are delivered less quickly than by first class a thing or collection of things wrapped in paper and post to print a sign on (a letter) to show that the charge for posting has been paid a class of mail in which letters and parcels are delivered as quickly as possible leaving or going out mail
1		2	3	4		5	6	7	8	9
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Exercise 173 

Simon is talking to George in the post room about a missing memo. Listen to the tape and write down which word belongs to which number in the diagram about post room procedure.

Business  personal or confidential  first class letters 

second class letters  parcels  internal post 

delivered – distributed – franked – labelled – opened –

collected – sorted – sorted – weighted – weighted if necessary – wrapped

Figure 5

Question: What happened to Simon’s memo?

Exercise 174 Post room procedure

Choose the correct word in each bracket and write two paragraphs about post room procedure.

The incoming post is ___________ (collected / distributed / delivered) by the ____________ (postman / post room) at about 9 o’clock every morning. In the ___________ (post room / postbox) the post is __________ (delivered / sorted / distributed) into two categories: business letters and personal or confidential letters. The ___________ (business / personal / confidential) letters are opened and all the post is ___________ (collected / distributed) to the different departments. In the afternoon the outgoing post is ____________ (collected /sorted / distributed) from each department and it is __________ (collected /sorted / distributed) into four categories: internal post, first class letters, second class letters and parcels. The _____________________ (first class letters / second class letters / parcels) are wrapped, labelled and weighted, and the ___________ (letters / parcels) are weighted if necessary. All the __________ (letters / parcels /post) is then franked with the correct postage and taken to the _____________ (postman / post room / postbox). The ________________ ( outgoing post / internal post / first class post) is distributed the next morning with the incoming post.

Find the examples of the Passive Voice in the text.