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Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Henry Ford
Read the story. Then answer the question.
Henry Ford was born on a farm near Detroit, Michigan. He never really enjoyed
farming and left the farm at age sixteen. He always carried around in his pockets
nuts and bolts and machinery parts. This interest in machines led him to work for
a while as an apprentice machinist, and later he went to work for Westinghouse
servicing their steam engines. Clara Bryant became
his wife in 1888. They had one child, a son they
named Edsel. When Henry was twenty-eight he
became an engineer at Edison Company which
made electrical generating stations. The first car
he made was a "gasoline buggy" called the
Quadricycle. He drove it and drew a crowd every-
where he went. In 1903 he built two race cars to
advertise the automobile. One he named the "999"
and the other the "Arrow". In 1904 Ford himself
driving the Ford Arrow. When he was forty years old
Ford and eleven investors formed the Ford Motor
Company. They had a $28,000 investment in it. The Model T Ford was introduced
on October 1, 1908. Five years later he started using an assembly line and could
produce cars faster and cheaper. The 1912 Model T Ford touring car included
such extras as oil lamps, horn, speedometer, and tools. Henry Ford's motto
was "simplicity". By simplifying the process of making cars, he was able to make
the car affordable to the common worker in America. He and his son Edsel
designed a new car, the Model A. He produced tractors to help the farmer to farm
more efficiently. Henry Ford died at the age of 83 of a cerebral hemorrhage. He
was one of many people who helped to make America great.
Answer each question.
1. What do you know about the early life of Henry Ford?
2. Where did Henry Ford work?
3. What was the name of his first car?
4. Tell the achievements of Henry Ford from 1903 to 1912.
5. When did he die?
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Grade 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Henry Ford
Read the story. Then answer the question.
Henry Ford was born on a farm near Detroit, Michigan. He never really enjoyed farming and left
the farm at age sixteen. He always carried around in his pockets nuts and bolts and machinery
parts. This interest in machines led him to work for a while as an apprentice machinist, and later
he went to work for Westinghouse servicing their steam engines. Clara Bryant became his wife in
1888. They had one child, a son they named Edsel. When
Henry was twenty-eight he became an engineer at Edison
Company which made electrical generating stations. The first
car he made was a “gasoline buggy" called the Quadricycle.
called the Quadricycle. He drove it and drew a crowd every-
where he went. In 1903 he built two race cars to advertise the
automobile. One he named the “999” and the other the “Arrow”.
In 1904 Ford himself driving the Ford Arrow. When he driving
the Ford Arrow. When he was forty years old Ford and eleven
investors formed the Ford Motor Company. They had a $28,000
investment in it. The model T Ford was introduced on October
1, 1908. Five years later he started using an assembly line and
could produce cars faster and cheaper. The 1912 Model T
Ford touring car included such extras as oil lamps, horn,
speedometer, and tools. Henry Ford’s motto was "simplicity".
By simplifying the process of making cars, he was able to make the car affordable to the common
worker in America. He and his son Edsel designed a new car, the Model A. He produced tractors
to help the farmer to farm more efficiently. Henry Ford died at the age of 83 of a
cerebral hemorrhage. He was one of many people who helped to make America great.
Answer each question.
1. What do you know about the early life of Henry Ford?
Henry Ford was born on a farm near Detroit, Michigan. He never really enjoyed farming and
left the farm at age sixteen. He always carried around in his pockets nuts and bolts and
machinery parts.
2. Where did Henry Ford work?
Henry Ford worked as an apprentice machinist, and later he went to work for Westinghouse
servicing their steam engines. When Henry was twenty-eight he became an engineer at Edison
Company which made electrical generating stations.
3. What was the name of his first car?
The name of his first car was a "gasoline buggy" called the Quadricycle. He drove it and drew
a crowd everywhere he went.
4. Tell the achievements of Henry Ford from 1903 to 1912.
In 1903 he built two race cars to advertise the automobile. In 1904 Ford himself driving the
Ford Arrow. When he was forty years old Ford and eleven investors formed the Ford Motor
Company. They had a $28,000 investment in it. The Model T Ford was introduced on October
1, 1908. Five years later he started using an assembly line. The 1912 Model T Ford touring car
included such extras as oil lamps, horn, speedometer, and tools. He also produced tractors to
help the farmer to farm more efficiently.
5. When did he die?
Henry Ford died at the age of 83 of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was one of many people who
helped to make America great.
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