Business cards

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

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

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Submitted by zino on Sat, 27/07/2024 - 17:53

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In my country; Algeria, people put their surname first, and sometimes they put their surname at the end. 

Submitted by ThaisNascimento on Mon, 15/07/2024 - 14:55

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In my country, the correct way is to put the first name in the first position and the surname in the last position.

Submitted by sawpaing on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 07:44

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In my country, we don't actually have surnames. We just pick the names we want.

Submitted by Johnny Nguyen on Fri, 31/05/2024 - 05:12

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In Vietnam, Surname is the first of the full name. For example: Nguyen Van A,  Nguyen is the surname, Van is the middle name and A is the first name.

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Submitted by Lovish on Thu, 30/05/2024 - 13:28

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In my country, most people put their surname at the last. 

Submitted by Anna1303 on Mon, 27/05/2024 - 10:21

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in my country we usually put surname at first.

Submitted by ubaid332 on Mon, 13/05/2024 - 15:47

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In my country, people put their first name. But in the majority, the full name is used everywhere.

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Submitted by ZarNiAung on Mon, 01/04/2024 - 17:21

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First of all, I'am Myanmar is called Burmese as people know. In my country, we don't have standard about surname because we name people just random when they born but some people name their children with the one letter of their name it may be the first or end letter of parent's name.

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Submitted by davevud on Wed, 21/02/2024 - 06:06

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In My country, it is not common to have last name or surname.

Submitted by ddddsky on Wed, 10/01/2024 - 05:10

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In my country, surnames are not common. It is usually placed at the end for people with a surname.