Unit 4.1 Keeping in touch

All countries have a ---------- service to deliver letters.

• banking

• postal

• cleaning

• health care

In many countries people have to collect their letters from the furthest post office.

• True

• False

In other countries the letters are delivered to people’s homes.

• True

• False

When you send a letter, the price of the ------- you use depends on the weight of the letter and where it is going.

• sticker

• ticket

• stamp

• coupon

Letters travelling ------- distances go by air mail

• shorter

• longer

The letters are going -------- distances travel by road, rail and, when necessary, by sea.

• shorter

• longer

Most letters have much shorter distances to travel, although the ------ system is the same.

You can send anywhere around the world if you pay money and address the place on the envelop.

• True

• False

Letters that arrive from that country are not handled free of charge.

• True

• False

The first stamp was issued in the United Kingdom in 1840.

It was called the ----------- because of its cost and colour.