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Business cards

Read four business cards to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Reading text
KPD Foods
Bruno Silva
Head of Marketing
Address: Avenida Paulista 53, Bela Vista, São Paulo, 01311-914, Brazil
Tel: (+55) 11 8134 7706
Getty Telecommunications Ltd
Olivia Hoskins
International Project Manager
Address: 700 Rockville Street, Monroe, New York 10950, USA
Tel: (+1) 845 228 8396
Orion Education Services
Park Ji-Yeon
Director
Address: South Korea, Seoul, Jongno-gu, Sajik-ro-3-gil 23, 30174
Tel: (+82) 2 235-6482
ABC Travel
Rashid Khan
Sales Representative
Address: Hajar Road, Dubai, UAE
Tel: (+971) 4 677 3355

Task 1

Exercise

Task 2

Exercise

Discussion

In your country, do people put their surname first or at the end?

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Submitted by LamVanPhuong on Sat, 23/10/2021 - 10:39

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In VIETNAM, a person's full name is surname+middle name+first name.

Submitted by Suraj paliwal on Fri, 15/10/2021 - 15:56

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In my country, most of people put their surname name in last. SOME People put their surname in first.i put my surname in last.

Submitted by Momocompanyman on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:04

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In Algeria, usually we put the surname at the end.

Submitted by KATIELLE RAIAN… on Sun, 11/07/2021 - 14:18

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In my country, people put their last name last.
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Submitted by Marce-English on Sun, 23/05/2021 - 17:15

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In my country, we put the surname at the end on the card.

Submitted by Suraj paliwal on Tue, 04/05/2021 - 14:25

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In my country usually people put their surname in the end. Some people who want against this this thing put their surname in the first. I have no surname only one name Suraj

Submitted by DarwinM on Tue, 13/04/2021 - 18:10

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It depends on the situation.If it's a formal one people should put their surname first otherwise not.

Submitted by victor.07 on Mon, 05/04/2021 - 22:44

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In my country, we put our surname at first