Ex.3. Active or passive? Put in the correct verb form.

1. How did people (to get) from place to place in the good old days?

2. One (to mount) a horse and (to gallop) off.

3. Of course, there were lots of carriages (to drive) by horses.

4. The Model T (to change) little from year to year.

5. Until 1926 only black cars (to produce).

6. A new design, the Model A, (to introduce) in 1927, after more than 15 million Model Ts (to sell).

7. First cars (to be expensive, outrageously).

8. Only expensive cars (to produce) at the turn of the century.

9. Henry (to teach) himself how to repair them and (to go) around the countryside doing repair work.

10. He (to do) it free of charge.

11. In 1903 he (to found) the Ford Motor Company.

12. The Ford Motor Company (to found) in 1903.

Ex.4. Ask a question to find out:

· when Henry Ford was born.

· how old Henry was when his mother died.

· if Henry was a brilliant pupil.

· who taught Henry to repair watches and clocks.

· when Henry walked to Detroit.

· when the streets of Detroit saw Ford’s first car.

· when Henry Ford went into the automotive business.

· when the Ford Motor Company was founded.

· what Henry Ford’s main idea was.

· what the price of the Model T car was in 1915.

· who found ways of replacing men with machines wherever possible.

· what Henry Ford had experimented with in his early youth.

Look through the text and find answers to these questions.

Ex.5. True or false? Correct the statements if they are false.

1. Only cheap cars were produced at the turn of the century.

2. Henry Ford was an automotive pioneer and he produced the first car.

3. The streets of Detroit saw Ford’s first car in 1869.

4. Henry Ford was born on June 30, 1843.

5. Henry Ford’s father was a millionaire.

6. In his earlier years Henry Ford repaired clocks and watches free of charge.

7. In 1890 Henry walked all the way to Detroit.

8. Henry Ford went into the motor – car business in 1889.

9. The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1905.

10. Soon Ford’s competitors, unlike Ford, produced all the automobile parts.

11. Each man at the conveyer belt was given only one particular task, such as tightening a part.

12. The assembly time of an automobile was hardly reduced.

13. Accordingly, the company’s production costs went down.

14. The Fordson tractor was of great use in Britain in the Second World War.

15. Henry Ford died an old man.

Ex.6. Role-play the following situation.

Tomorrow is July 30. Make a TV programme about Henry Ford.

Ex.7. Answer these questions. Work in groups of two or three.

1. What is your impression of Henry Ford?

2. Are there many businessmen like Henry Ford? What makes him unique?

UNIT II.

Legal forms of business: SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP.

Introduction to the Topic.

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