Postcards

What is a postcard? It is a piece of cardboard with a picture on one side and space to write on the other.

Who do we write postcards to? We write postcards to family and friends. Is it like a letter? Yes. But we do not need an envelope to send it.

Let’s look at an example.

Stamp Who Zoe is writing to Body Recipient Who gets the card Address Closing Where the person lives

How should we write addresses?

When we write an address, we write the smallest unit first. street number street city province country postcode What is a postcode?

In some countries, people need to write postcodes In some countries, people need to write postcodes. A postcode is a set of numbers and letters to help the postman find the right place. For example, 102-8166 Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan Washington, DC 20500 U.S.A. London, SW1A 2AA United Kingdom 100000 Beijing China

Why? Usually, there is a photo of a place on one side of a postcard. People often buy postcards when they visit a place.

We send postcards to people to show them the places we visit. Why do we send postcards? We send postcards to people to show them the places we visit.

Match the places with the correct photos. Victoria Harbour Lamma Island The Big Buddha The Big Buddha Victoria Harbour Lamma Island

Let’s read the postcard again. Stamp Who Zoe is writing to Body Recipient Where the person lives Who gets the card Closing

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