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Lesson 29 / Parcels
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Check, hand over and pack the items to be sent.
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Check over the parcel before you sign for it.
Check over the parcel before you sign for it.
I checked the bicycle over before buying it.
I checked the bicycle over before buying it.
Emphasizes careful examination of an object or document to find problems.
Cambridge Dictionary · check over
Please hand over the package to the courier.
Please hand over the package to the courier.
I handed the documents over to the new manager.
I handed the documents over to the new manager.
Emphasis on transferring things or control to others; different from submitting work in "hand in".
Cambridge Dictionary · hand over
The item was broken, so I sent it back.
The item was broken, so I sent it back.
Can we send back the wrong size and get a replacement?
Can we send back the wrong size and get a replacement?
Different from self-delivery in "take back": "send back" emphasizes sending via person or shipping service.
I need to wrap up this gift before the party.
I need to wrap up this gift before the party.
We wrapped the books up to protect them.
We wrapped the books up to protect them.
The meaning in the lesson is to wrap or wrap things; different from the end of the meeting.
I will drop off the parcel on my way to work.
I will drop off the parcel on my way to work.
Could you drop these books off at the library?
Could you drop these books off at the library?
Here, we bring the goods to be delivered; different from getting a person off the bus, but the same pattern is used.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 21, 61, 113, 140, 38. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Duy looked carefully at a parcel he had just received to check its condition.
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Duy handed over a box to the delivery staff.
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Duy sent the damaged item back to the post office counter.
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Duy used colored paper to wrap a birthday gift.
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Duy delivered a parcel at the delivery counter.
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Could you check over this parcel before I wrap it up?
Could you check over this parcel before I wrap it up?
The address is right. Who will hand it over to the courier?
The address is right. Who will hand it over to the courier?
I will drop it off at the collection point.
I will drop it off at the collection point.
“Check over” means examine for problems; “hand over” means give to another person. Checking an item before handing it over separates the two stages.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
A volunteer must inspect a donated camera, package it, and give it to a repair specialist.
Which step checks for damage?
Check over the camera before packaging it.
The camera must be inspected for damage before packing, so “check over” is the relevant step.
Correct: Hand over it to the repair specialist.
Hand it over to the repair specialist.
“It” replaces the camera being transferred, so say “hand it over to the repair specialist”.
Write the final delivery instruction.
Wrap up the camera carefully and drop it off at the workshop.
“Wrap up” protects the camera with packaging; “drop off at the workshop” delivers and leaves it for repair.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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