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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

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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 Melsaied264 on Fri, 10/04/2020 - 23:49

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It depends on the people themselves ,some people prefer to write their surname first but the other like to write it last .for me I always write my surname first

Submitted by REGINA OTERO on Wed, 08/04/2020 - 15:32

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In Bolivia, the surname is put at the end.
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Submitted by zabiullah on Mon, 06/04/2020 - 15:50

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in my country people always put their last name or surname at the end of the name. but i always put my surname first and given name at the end.

Submitted by Yenn nguyen on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 15:29

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In VIETNAM . Surname is located at first.
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Submitted by OlaIELTS on Sat, 28/03/2020 - 20:23

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In Nigeria, this is mostly specify by the person requiring such information, as majority either put it first or at the end.

Submitted by Mahmoud Gadelk… on Sat, 28/03/2020 - 16:41

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We always put surnames in the end here in Egypt.

Submitted by upendarreddy on Fri, 13/03/2020 - 00:01

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In India, people use surname at first then name.
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Submitted by Sergei Baskakov on Thu, 05/03/2020 - 17:55

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In my country we put name first and surname at the end

Submitted by ademyonet on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 20:15

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In Turkey, we use first name, later surname.