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.

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2. It / locate / Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam.
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3. It / originally found / November 20th, 1970.
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4. It / go / into operation / May 18th, 1974.
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5. / 2006, the company / become / Vissan Limited Company.
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6. It / specialize / fresh and frozen meats, and processed foods.
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7. It / produce / up to 30,000 tons of meat products / year.
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8. Vissan / supply / four tons of sausage / the Vietnamese market per day.
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9. Vietnamese housewives / be / now very familiar / fresh and canned food and foodstuff

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

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1. Thien Long / be / one of the leading enterprises producing ball-point pens and stationery /
Vietnam.
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2. It / found / 1981.
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3. Thien Long Production-Trading Co. Ltd. / officially establish / 1996.

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4. Besides ball-point pens, Thien Long / provide / other kinds / stationery such as whiteboard
marker, permanent marker, highlighter, gel pen, plastic crayon / white board.
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5. Its total annual sales volume / fluctuate / between US$5 million / US$10 million.
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6. The number / employees / over 1000 people.

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

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9. It / continually invest / advanced technologies and human resources development.

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

1. Honda Vietnam / be / a joint-venture / Honda Motor Co., Ltd (Japan), Asian Honda Motor Co. Ltd
(Thailand) / Vietnam Engineering and Agricultural Machinery Corporation.
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2. The company / locate / Vinh Phuc Province.
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3. It / establish / 1996.
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4. Its registered capital / be / US$100 million.

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5. It / specialise / manufacturing and assembling Honda brand motorcycles and motorcycle spare
parts.
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6. It / also export / vehicles and spare parts since 2002.

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

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8. / 2006 / it / sell / 851,000 units.

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

1. Vinamilk / be / the biggest dairy company / Vietnam.

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2. It / establish / 1976 / under the name of Southern Coffee - Dairy Company.

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

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6. It / aim / at / satisfy / the demand of Vietnamese consumers.

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

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

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

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3. The company / start / its operation / 1993.

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4. It / be / then a small business / only six employees.

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5. At present, the company / have / a chartered capital / USD28.5m.
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6. The number / employees / now more than 6000.

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7. At the moment, it / control / about 30% / domestic market share.

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8. KDC / produce / more than 200 kinds / confectionery products.

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9. Its common products / be / buns, breads, crackers, cakes, candy / mooncakes.

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10. Nowadays, Vietnamese people / be / quite familiar / Kinh Do products.

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