Текст Types of businesses in the UK Most businesses in the United Kingdom operate in one of the following ways: sole trader partnership limited liability company branch of a foreign company The sole trader is the oldest form of business. There are many one-man owners, for example: a farmer, doctor, solicitor, estate agent, garage man, jobber, builder, hairdresser, etc. The partnership is a firm where there are a few partners. They are firms of solicitors, architects, auditors, management consultants etc. The names of all the partners of the firm are printed on the stationery of a partnership. The most common type of company in the United Kingdom is the limited liability company. At the end of the name of such a company the word Ltd. is used. For example: Wilson and Son Ltd. Many of such companies are joint-stock companies owned by shareholders. Limited liability companies are divided into public and private ones. Only public companies may offer shares to the public at the stock exchange. the names of such companies end in p.l.c. which stands for public limited company. For instance: John and Michael p.l.c. Private limited companies may not offer shares to the public. The names of such companies end simply in Ltd. A branch of a foreign company is a part of a company incorporated outside Great Britain but acting under the law of the UK. Usually these companies act in the UK under their normal foreign names. Вопрос
Sum up what the text says about:
sole traders
partnerships
public limited companies
private limited companies
branches of foreign companies
1. Economics (is) his favourite subject.
2. The trousers he bought for her (don’t) fit her.
3. The police (want) to interview men about the robbery.
4. Physics (was) my best subject at school.
5. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine (aren’t) sharp enough.
6. The news (wasn’t) as bad as we expected.
7. Where (does) your family live?
8. Four days (isn’t) long enough for a good holiday.
9. He can’t find his binoculars. Do you know where (they are)?
10. Do you think the people (are) happy with the government?
11. (Do) the police know how the accident happened?
12. She doesn’t like hot weather. Twenty-eight degrees (is) too
warm for her.
13. The staff at school (are) not happy with their new working
conditions.
14. Thirty thousand pounds (was) stolen in the robbery.
15. Two years (is) a long time to be without job.
16. Five miles (is) a long way to walk every day.
17. I need more money. Six pounds (is) not enough.
18. These species (are) very rare.
19. My hair (is) dark brown.
20. His watch (needs) repairing.