Вопрос:

12. Put the verbs in the right form to complete the text: Many people (1) ___ (believe) Henry Ford (2) ___ (invent) the automobile. But Henry (3) ___ (build) his first car in 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans – Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz – (4) ___ (develop) the first gasoline-powered automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the factory system that (5) ___ (move) cars’ parts to the worker, not to make the worker (6) ___ (move) to the parts. That (7) ___ (be) not true, either. This system also (8) ___ (start) before Ford. What Henry Ford did was to use other people’s ideas and make them better. Others made cars. Henry Ford (9) ___ (make) better cars. And he (10) ___ (sell) them for less money. Others built car factories. Henry Ford (11) ___ (build) the biggest factory of its time. And he (12) ___ (make) the whole factory a moving production line. Henry Ford (13) ___ (have) great skills in making machines work. He also (14) ___ (have) great skills as an organizer. His efforts (15) ___ (produce) a huge manufacturing company.

Ответ:

Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile. But Henry built his first car in 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans – Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz – had developed the first gasoline-powered automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the factory system that moved cars’ parts to the worker, not to make the worker move to the parts. That was not true, either. This system also started before Ford. What Henry Ford did was to use other people’s ideas and make them better. Others made cars. Henry Ford made better cars. And he sold them for less money. Others built car factories. Henry Ford built the biggest factory of its time. And he made the whole factory a moving production line. Henry Ford had great skills in making machines work. He also had great skills as an organizer. His efforts produced a huge manufacturing company.

Ответ: 1) believe; 2) invented; 3) built; 4) had developed; 5) moved; 6) move; 7) was; 8) started; 9) made; 10) sold; 11) built; 12) made; 13) had; 14) had; 15) produced.