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# 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?*