Parcel / Package

Common expressions

• send a parcel / package

• expect a parcel / package

• collect a parcel / package

• open a parcel / package

• the parcel / package is addressed to (me)

• weigh a parcel / package

• a parcel / package is waiting for you

• the parcel / package arrived / was delivered

Exercise

Common expressions

1. Yes, I got the parcel. It was delivered this morning around 7. Thanks very much.

2. It'll cost £8.50 to send the parcel by airmail, or £2.50 by ordinary mail.

3. Alex, just a short message to say that there's a package waiting for you at reception.

4. They'll need to weigh the package at the post office to find out how much it'll cost.

5. The children were so excited that they opened the parcel as soon as it arrived.

6. You'll have to show some proof of identification when you go to collect the parcel.

7. I'm expecting a parcel. Has anything arrived for me? The name's Dick, 12, Arbour St.

8. The package is addressed to a Mr Eric Brown, but nobody of that name lives at this address.

Notes

1. Note these expressions:

   1. I called airport security after noticing a suspicious-looking package in the departure lounge.

   2. He sends regular food parcels to his family in Ethiopia.

2. We wrap or tie up parcels and packages:

   1. The parcel was wrapped in thick brown paper.

   2. Can you hold this parcel for me so I can tie it up?