Essential grammar

THE INFINITIVE. ITS FORMS and FUNCTIONS

9. State the function of the Infinitive. Translate the sentences

1. You are given the best tools to examine your industry.

2. You will have the information necessary to compile your Industry analysis.

3. Naturally, you will need to do some research to get this information.

4. Do you want to focus on a description of your industry?

5. Your business may belong to more than one sector.

6. It’s useful to note your sector’s patterns.

7. A customer begins to recognize the need for this product.

10. Translate the sentences paying attention to the Infinitive

1. To do so, you want to convey your own sense of optimism about your

business.

2. Investors have an excellent chance to get their money back.

3. Your plan is likely to end up in the hands of someone else.

4. The tone of the synopsis Summary tends to be rather dry.

5. Your goal in the Executive Summary is to motivate and entice the reader.

6. Bullet points can also be used effectively in the Summary.

11. Translate the sentences with split infinitive

1. How to painlessly deal with numbers and financial forms.

2. To fully appreciate the advantages of this book you must read it up to the end. 3. Your Business Plan must be carefully and thoughtfully developed.

4. In order to fully appreciate the advantages of this book, you must read it up to the end.

5. You need to realistically project the period of time by which new competitors will break these barriers.

6. You must keep emotions from clouding your ability to properly examine your financial reports.

7. It should be large enough to profitably sustain your business.

11. Translate the sentences with the for- phrases

1. The students were waiting for the professor to explain some aspects of the

economical theory.

2. It is for you to choose which of the four methods to use.

3. It was for her to decide whether to repeat that experiment or not.

4. It is also good for businesses to have one dominant element.

5. Nearly a month is required for the Moon to cycle the Earth.

6. It is very good for the students to repeat the material before the exam.

7. This is a good possibility for us to utilize the electronic equipment for

speeding up the process of calculation.

Self-study

Translate the following sentences paying attention to grammar structures used in them:

1. To be more successful you should know and use appropriate basic business

terms.

2. Do not use lots of technical jargon in the hope of sounding impressive when

speaking to the people.

3. It is certainly not necessary to be a Business School graduate to develop a

good business plan.

4. Once you have defined your market, you should then assess its size and

trends.

5. Nothing happens unless first a dream.

6. We can’t control others or certain events in our lives but we can control how

we react to those events.

7. Do you know the proverb “cut the coat according to the cloth”?

8. When a body in a rotational motion moves in a radial direction, a force acts to

speed up the body.

9. We have a big studentsbody at our university.

10. One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

11. Of course, one must make profit, but not if it involves exploiting people.

12. The government could do a lot more to assist small business.

13. I would stake my reputation on his honesty.

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