CONTROLLED WRITING

From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences, make all the changes and
additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make a complete paragraph. Follow the
example
Example: my aunt / born / England / now / she / live / Perth / Australia /
Answer: My aunt was born in England, but now she lives in Perth, Australia.

PRACTICE 1

1. Vissan / be / a member company / Saigon Trading Group.

Vissan is a member company of Saigon Trading Group........................................................................

2. It /be/ located / Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam.

It is located in HCM City - Vietnam......................................................................................................

3. It /be/ originally founded / November 20th, 1970.

It was originally founded on November 20th, 1970................................................................................

4. It / go / into operation / May 18th, 1974.

It went into operation on May 18th 1974...............................................................................................

5. / 2006, the company / become / Vissan Limited Company.

In 2006, the company was became Vissan Limited Company...............................................................

6. It / specialize / fresh and frozen meats, and processed foods.

It specializeS in fresh and frozen meats, and processed foods...............................................................

7. It / produceS / up to 30,000 tons of meat products PER / year.

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8. Vissan / supplIES / four tons of sausage TO/ the Vietnamese market per day.
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9. Vietnamese housewives / ARE / now very familiar WITH / fresh and canned food and foodstuff

labelled VISSAN.
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10. This year's goal / IS / to earn a sales turnover OF/ VND940 billion.
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PRACTICE 2

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1. Thien Long / IS / one of the leading enterprises producing ball-point pens and stationery /IN
Vietnam.
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2. It WAS/ foundED IN / 1981.

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3. Thien Long Production-Trading Co. Ltd. /WAS officially establishED IN/ 1996.
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4. Besides ball-point pens, Thien Long / provideS / other kinds OF/ stationery such as whiteboard
marker, permanent marker, highlighter, gel pen, plastic crayon AND white board.
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5. Its total annual sales volume / fluctuateS / between US$5 million AND/ US$10 million.  
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6. The number OF/ employees /IS over 1000 people.  

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7. Its main markets /ARE North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Eastern
Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa /AND Oceania.
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8. Quality / IS / its top priority.

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9. It /HAS continually investED IN / advanced technologies and human resources development.

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10. Vietnamese schoolchildren / ARE / now very familiar WITH / the products labelled Thien Long.
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PRACTICE 3

1. Honda Vietnam / IS / a joint-venture OF/ Honda Motor Co., Ltd (Japan), Asian Honda Motor Co.
Ltd (Thailand) /AND Vietnam Engineering and Agricultural Machinery Corporation.
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2. The company IS / locateD /IN Vinh Phuc Province.
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3. It WAS/ establishED /IN 1996.

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4. Its registered capital / IS / US$100 million.

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5. It / specialiseS IN / manufacturing and assembling Honda brand motorcycles and motorcycle

spare parts.
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6. It HAS/ also exportED / vehicles and spare parts since 2002.

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7. The motto OF/ the company / IS / “Safety and Quality”.

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8. IN/ 2006 / it / SOLD / 851,000 units.

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9. In the first six months OF/ 2008, the company / deliverED / 600,000 motorcycles TO/ its
customers.
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10. It is predicted that / the number of Honda motorbikes IN/ Vietnam / hit 33 million in the near
future.
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PRACTICE 4

1. Vinamilk / IS / the biggest dairy company /IN Vietnam.

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2. It WAS/ establishED /IN 1976 / under the name of Southern Coffee - Dairy Company.

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3. In December 2003 / its name WAS / changeD/INTO Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock
Company.
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4. It / manufactureS / a variety /OF products such as milk, yoghurt, ice-cream, refreshment drinks
and other related-milk products.
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5. It / HAS / a network OF/ 183 agencies throughout all 64 provinces.

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6. It / aimS / at / satisfyING / the demand of Vietnamese consumers.

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7. Sales IN/ the domestic market / account for / more than 80% OF/ the total sales.
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8. The company’s main export markets /ARE / the Middle East countries, Cambodia, the Philippines
/ AND Australia.
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9. Vinamilk /WAS listED ON / the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange / on 19 January 2006.
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10. In 2008 / Vinamilk / SPENT / more than VND 17 billion ON / its charity activities.
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PRACTICE 5

1. Kinh Do Corporation (KDC) / IS A / Vietnam-based food processing company.

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2. It /IS locateD / Thu Duc district – Ho Chi Minh City.

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3. The company / startED / its operation /IN 1993.

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4. It / WAS / then a small business WITH/ only six employees.
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5. At present, the company / HAS / a chartered capital /IS USD28.5m.

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6. The number /OF employees IS/ now more than 6000.

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7. At the moment, it /IS controLLING/ about 30% OF/ domestic market share.
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8. KDC / produceS / more than 200 kinds OF/ confectionery products.

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9. Its common products / ARE / buns, breads, crackers, cakes, candy /AND mooncakes.
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10. Nowadays, Vietnamese people / ARE / quite familiar WITH/ Kinh Do products.
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