Worksheet 18 · Places and objects
Find an Italian parcel collection point
Answer in brief
Distinguish the failed delivery address from the collection point and collection window. A message saying the parcel is not at home can still give a clear place and time to retrieve it.
The shop address and collection window are invented. This written task cannot locate a real parcel or state a carrier's policy.
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Your task: Make a collection slip with location, time, and required item. You need paper or a notes file. Try the model before you read the explanation. The answer key applies only to this written model.
Separate delivery history from the next action
A delivery message often begins by explaining what failed. That opening is not your next destination. Draw fields for attempted delivery, current parcel location, collection time, and what to bring. The model gives a failed home delivery and a different pickup point. Copy the address only after identifying which part of the message it belongs to.
This is a fictional message, not a carrier notice. It describes no actual parcel or collection rule. Real services can require different documents or authorisations. Use the exercise to practise extracting details, then confirm a real parcel through the carrier's official information. Do not treat the invented shop address as a destination.
Original written model · Italian / English
The scene on paper
Non abbiamo potuto consegnare il pacco a casa.
Show English translation
We could not deliver the parcel to your home.
Può ritirarlo da domani alla cartoleria Stella, in via Verdi dodici, dalle quindici alle diciannove.
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You can collect it from tomorrow at Stella stationery shop, at 12 Via Verdi, from 15:00 to 19:00.
Porti un documento.
Show English translation
Bring an identity document.
Make your decision
- Complete the collection slip, keeping the home address out of the pickup field.
- Test today 16:00, tomorrow 16:00, and tomorrow 20:00 against the model.
- Name one document-related question that the message does not answer.
Open the answer key
- Stella stationery shop; 12 Via Verdi; from tomorrow; 15:00–19:00; bring an identity document.
- Today 16:00: too early by day. Tomorrow 16:00: within the stated window. Tomorrow 20:00: outside the hours.
- Possible question: Is a digital copy accepted? The model does not specify this.
Keep the start of collection separate from closing
Da domani means collection starts tomorrow. The shop's afternoon window is from three to seven. These are separate limits: a day limit and a daily time window. A person who arrives today at four has the right hour but the wrong day. A person who arrives tomorrow at eight in the evening has the right day but the wrong hour.
The required item is a document. The model does not say whether a digital copy is accepted or whether someone else may collect the parcel. Put those questions outside the confirmed slip. Listening accuracy does not require you to answer every practical question. It requires you to know which questions the message has and has not answered.
Use arrival cards to test your note
Make three cards: today at 16:00, tomorrow at 16:00, and tomorrow at 20:00. Test each against both limits. The middle card fits the stated window; the others fail different conditions. Label the reason for each rejection. This is more useful than a single yes-or-no answer because it shows whether you noticed the day phrase as well as the clock time.
Then read the slip to a partner as a short handover. Include the shop name, street number, collection start, hours, and document. If you omit the start day, the listener might travel too soon. If you omit the street number, they might find the right street but not the shop. Keep the details that affect action rather than every word of the failed-delivery explanation.
Now use a video you choose
Choose a delivery or collection explanation with an explicit next action. In Jibber Jabber, our app, look up ritirare in its caption context. Keep personal addresses out of any public practice notes. For an actual parcel, verify the current location and collection requirements directly with the service.
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Questions and answers
Is the parcel waiting at home?
No. Home delivery failed. The stated collection point is the stationery shop.
Does da domani specify a calendar date?
It is relative to the message day. The exercise supplies no actual date.
Can a friend collect it?
The model does not say. A real service must confirm any authorisation requirements.
Sources for this entry
The failed delivery and stationery-shop collection form an original teaching notice. The key checks a day limit and daily hours together. No carrier supplied these details. The document instruction belongs only to the model and does not settle real authorisation requirements.
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Jibber Jabber. “Find an Italian parcel collection point.” Italian Listening Workshop. Updated 9 November 2026. https://italiancomprehensibleinput.com/parcel-collection-point/.