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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

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Task 2

Exercise

Discussion

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

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Submitted by bawk san aung on Thu, 29/08/2019 - 03:21

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In my country, we have the only given name except my nationality. The surname or family name is put at front the opposite of western country for instance Ding Rin Bawk San Aung. The family name is Ding Rin and Bawk San Aung is given name

Submitted by Lameed Mohamed on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 10:26

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In my country we used to but our surename at the end, for ex my sure name is Alomdaa so I put it after my actual name so we write Lamees aalomdaa and so on .. Just the oppsite in Britain. .

Submitted by Hkn18 on Mon, 29/07/2019 - 20:28

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My country is Turkey. We use at the last.

Submitted by Julia Rahma on Wed, 17/07/2019 - 04:06

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In my country, Indonesia. Some people use their surname first but it depends on the situation

Submitted by Jamileh on Sat, 13/07/2019 - 06:50

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In my country pepole use their surname at first

Submitted by cittàutopica on Sun, 30/06/2019 - 21:47

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In my country people put their surname first or at the end: it depends on the context and on the various situations.

Submitted by Momocompanyman on Fri, 17/05/2019 - 11:07

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In my country, the people put their surname first.

Submitted by Setareh on Wed, 15/05/2019 - 15:55

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in my country, people put their surname end and their first name first.
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Submitted by randyjay on Sun, 05/05/2019 - 04:03

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In Our Country Most People didn't use surnames , Ex- Randika Madushan but some people have surname of their name Ex - Nalin Perera as Mr Perera