Find when a package arrived and how the fictional recipient should request another delivery. Keep the delivery attempt separate from the requested next action.
Read the text
お届けしましたが、ご不在でした。
十月二十四日、午後二時に来ました。荷物は本です。
もう一度のお届けをご希望の方は、下の番号に電話してください。
電話で、お名前とご希望の日を教えてください。
How to read this text
The first sentence explains the failed attempt. ご不在でした means that the recipient was not there; it does not mean that the package was delivered successfully. The later instruction asks for a phone call.
Look for what information is requested during that call: a name and a preferred day. The text does not supply an actual phone number, tracking number, or guaranteed redelivery period. This note is fictional. Do not use it as an instruction for a real delivery or call an unrelated number.
English translation — check after your first reading
We attempted delivery, but you were not home. We came on October 24 at two in the afternoon. The package contains books. To request another delivery, please call the number below. On the phone, please give your name and preferred day.
Examples to read before you practise
Japanese | Reading / English |
|---|---|
荷物 | にもつ — package |
不在 | ふざい — absence / not at home |
希望 | きぼう — preference / wish |
番号 | ばんごう — number |
電話する | でんわする — phone |
教える | おしえる — tell / teach |
The notice or message above is fictional and was written for this exercise. Answer from this text; do not assume that a real service follows these hours or rules.
Try six questions
Try these self-check questions from memory, then compare your answers with the explanations. For automatic checking and saved progress, open the related practice after this article.
What month was the attempt? Type digits only.
What day of the month? Type digits only.
What time in the afternoon did the person come?
What is in the package? Copy the noun.
What should the recipient do? Complete 電話（ ）ください.
Was the recipient at home? Type はい or いいえ.
Answer key and explanations
10 — The date begins 十月.
24 — The note says 二十四日.
二時 / にじ / 2時 — The note says 午後二時.
本 / ほん — 荷物は本です identifies books.
して — 電話して is the requested action form.
いいえ — ご不在でした says the recipient was absent.
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