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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 fariba on Mon, 08/03/2021 - 09:12

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no, in my country at first we use second name.

Submitted by TIa vinaka on Thu, 04/03/2021 - 01:50

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In my country, we put our surname at first. when I fill some information in English, I sometimes confused which name to write at first.

Submitted by Brenda Patrici… on Wed, 24/02/2021 - 16:58

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In my country people usually put their surname first, but honestly I would rather put it at the end.

Submitted by Nasywa Shiyami… on Mon, 15/02/2021 - 03:40

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In my country, we put our surname at the end of the name. But in fill the some form, surename put at the first and ended by name.

Submitted by Alex.BC on Tue, 26/01/2021 - 15:11

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In Russia, the name is written on business cards first, and then the surname. In official documents, the surname is written first and then the name.

Submitted by In on Thu, 21/01/2021 - 07:28

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In my country, we use to put our name first.

Submitted by Leila77 on Wed, 20/01/2021 - 14:58

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In my country (Algeria), people put their surname at the end.

Submitted by Tatiana barrera on Tue, 15/12/2020 - 02:11

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In my country, the people put their surname after that their name. Usually, they are two names and two last names

Submitted by mrelvinaliyev on Fri, 04/12/2020 - 09:20

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In my country people put their surname in the end.