Reading and Writing Assignment 3 – Company History 5%
Working alone, create your own company. Then write a company history for that company.
The "History" of your company is an explanation of where your business came from or how it began.
Your company history must include these three things:
1. Chronological order (from the oldest to latest time) - List events of your business in chronological order. Use important dates throughout the life of your business to highlight your accomplishments.
2. Use the past simple tense - Remember if you are talking about the past. Use the past tense when writing. If you are talking about your company now, use the present tense.
3. Include 10 verbs from the list below. Underline them in your company history - Use the verbs below in the PAST tense when writing your company history.
Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
produce
acquire
rename
introduce
stop
expand
start
launch
prepare
establish
develop
win
rise
become
is
fall
have
begin
buy
send
take
make
Example – ABC Company History
ABC Company was established in 2004. The founder was a man called Paul Adams.
In 2005, the company began mass-producing T-shirts in Thailand.
In 2006, ABC Company started to make shirts in addition to T-shirts.
In 2007, ABC Company expanded and formed a partnership with XYZ Company.......
(DO NOT COPY THIS EXAMPLE)
In the example above, you can see how the verbs are underlined and in the past tense. The example also shows chronological order, from the oldest to the most recent activities. Your company history should be similar.
Your work must be typed and should be 250 words long. Submit in the next class. Copying from the Internet = 0%