Reading Comprehension 1- Business English – Rubeana

Reading Comprehension 1

    Reading comprehension exercises are offer a great way to expose yourself to new vocabulary. It also helps you practice through repetition, thus making them more memorable. In order to use authentic and real-world material, I refer to materials provided by organizations and companies online.

    In this post, we are going to read about an International Danish company from their website. FLSmidth is one of the biggest suppliers in cement and mining industries. Before you begin reading, first read the instruction.

Here is the link : https://www.flsmidth.com/en-gb/company/about-us

Reading Comprehension Tasks

Instruction

    1. Open the link, look at the titles in the text. What do you think every section contains?

    2. Go through Tasks 1-3 and find answers to each.

Task 1

    Read the information about FLSmidth and find them and find the phrases and verbs below. First, try to guess the meaning of each phrase and verb. Then, check your answers in the dictionary or online to find the meaning.

Group A: phrases
Group B: verbs

a. market-leading supplier
a. driver

b. sustainable productivity
b. combine

c. in-depth knowledge
c. reduce

d. TCO (total cost of ownership)
d. ensure

e. driving force
e. drive down

Task 2

Answer these questions.

1. How does the company help minimize the total cost of ownership and environmental impact?
2. What is the main focus of FLSmidth when it comes to its customers?
3. How do they provide sustainable productivity?

Task 3

Write a summary paragraph about FLSmidth. Remember to mention the key points.

Note: Reading comprehension exercises provide exposure to new vocabulary within context. Since words are better learned within context and in chunks, being exposed to groups of words in a text make it easier to retain them.

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