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 Daniela_04 on Sun, 17/11/2024 - 06:51

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

In my country the last name goes at the end, first the two first names and then the last two last names.

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Submitted by nathaly.gonzalez2006 on Sat, 09/11/2024 - 05:22

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In my country Ecuador people first put their two names and last their two surname

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Submitted by dadasoglu00 on Tue, 29/10/2024 - 21:51

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I am from Turkey. In my conutry, people put their first name.

Submitted by Ahmed ibrahim Helmy on Tue, 29/10/2024 - 00:45

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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.

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Submitted by ASSAMOI on Tue, 17/09/2024 - 12:35

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In my country, people put their name first and after their surname.

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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.