How to Write an Address

The sequence of writing an address in Great Britain: - Title and name of the addressee - Position in the company - Name of the company - Number of the building - Name of the street - Name of the city, town or locality - Postal district abbreviation - Postal service head-office abbreviation and number - Name of the country	Mr J. Simpson Chief Manager Chapman & Hall Plc. 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE England
The sequence of writing an address in the USA: - Title and name of the addressee - Position in the company - Name of the company - Number or name of the building - Name of the street - Name of the city, town or locality - Name of the state - Postal index - Name of the country	Mr A. Arafel Production Manager McCraw-Hill Book Inc. 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 USA
The sequence of writing an address in Russia: - Title and name of the addressee - Position in the company - Name of the company - Number or name of the building - Name of the street - Name of the city, town or locality - Name of the region (if necessary) - Postal index - Name of the country	Mr. A. Ivanov Sales Manager Britania Ltd. 145 Baikalskaya Street Irkutsk, 664057 Russia

addressee- адресат

position- должность

locality- населённый пункт

postal district- почтовый участок

postal service head-office -главный почтамт

Notes

1) The title and name of the addressee go together, e.g. John Brown, Mr B Richards, Mrs C. Stanley, Ms S. Johns, Mr & Mrs Dugan, Dr Simon Green, Prof E. White, Messrs Hamilton and Jacobs.

2) The names of company types are usually abbreviated, as Plc – Public Limited Company; Inc – Corporation; Ltd – Private Limited Company.

3) If the letter is addressed to London, the name of the city ‘London’ should be followed by a shortened name of the corresponding postal district: e.g. EC – East Central; NW – North West; WC – West Central etc.

4) If the letter is addressed to the USA, the name of the city or town should be followed by the name of the state.

Postal Service Abbreviations of the American states:

AK Alaska	HI Hawaii	ME Maine	NJ New Jersey	SD South Dakota
AL Alabama	ID Idaho	MI Michigan	NM New Mexico	TN Tennessee
AR Arkansas	IL Illinois	MN Minnesota	NV Nevada	TX Texas
AZ Arizona	IN Indiana	MO Missouri	NY New York	UT Utah
CA California	IA Iowa	MS Mississippi	OH Ohio	VA Virginia
CO Colorado	KS Kansas	MT Montana	OK Oklahoma	VT Vermont
CT Connecticut	KY Kentucky	NB Nebraska	OR Oregon	WA Washington
DC District of Columbia	LA Louisiana	NC North Carolina	PA Pennsylvania	WI Wisconsin
DE Delaware	MA Massachusetts	ND North Dakota	RI Rhode Island	WV West Virginia
FL Florida	MD Maryland	NH New Hampshire	SC South Carolina	WY Wyoming
GA Georgia

5. Match address elements and their samples.

1) Title and name of the addressee

2) Position in the company

3) Name of the company

4) Number or name of the building

5) Name of the street

6) Name of the city, town or locality

7) Postal district (GB)

8) Name of the state (US)

9) Name of the region

10) Postal index

11) Postal service head-office number and abbreviation (GB)

12) Name of the country

(A) (B) (C)

a) Market Street a) 900 a) Russia

b) United Kingdom b) USA b) Dr Belov

c) Devonshire Bank c) Mr Black c) 132

d) Henton d) 20010 d) 664050

e) Personnel Manager e) Washington e) Ecology

f) CV22 f) Finance Director f) Irkutsk

g) 6DE g) Chesapeake Avenue g) Lenin Street

h) Mr Jones h) DC h) Managing Director

i) 12 i) Johnson & Johnson

6. Write the addresses (A), (B) and (C) in the order.