Business English Grammar = Грамматика английского языка. Часть 1. Практикум для СПО

1.A: The government _____ invest more money in schools if the _____, but they don’t.

B:Maybe, but if they _____ that, they _____ have to spend less on health or some other thing.

2.A: We should put up the minimum wage to ten pounds an hour. That way, you _____ have people living in poverty.

B:Yeah, but if you _____ that, everyone _____ want to have an increase in their wages and you _____ get really high inflation.

3.A: They would tax all foreign goods coming into the country. That way, we

_____ protect our jobs here.

B:Yeah, but if you _____ that, other countries _____ do exactly the same and then where _____ we be?

4.A: People should be forced to vote. If you _____ that, you _____ get more people interested in politics.

B:I doubt it. They _____ probably just vote without thinking about it.

5.A: We should set up our own business. If we _____ that, we _____ have to listen to our bosses shouting at us all day.

B:Maybe. But I _____ worry all the time about losing money.

6.A: We should just ban smoking. That way, everybody _____ be healthier.

B:You couldn’t do that! It _____ start a war! People just _____ accept it!

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Exercise 170. Bargaining. Change the verbs in the brackets as in the example. Use the First Conditional. Choose one variant.

Example. 1. If you (give) me 90 days to pay, I (buy) right now. If you give me

90 days to pay, I’ll buy right now.

2. If you (give) me a special price, I (put in) a bigger order.

a)If you give me a special price, I put in a bigger order.

b)If you will give me a special price, I will put in a bigger order.

c)If you give me a special price, I will put in a bigger order.

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d) If you will give me a special price, I put in a bigger order.

3.I (take) last year’s stock if you (take off) 15 %. a) I take last year’s stock if you take off 15 %.

b) I will take last year’s stock if you will take off 15 %. c) I will take last year’s stock if you take off 15 %.

d) I take last year’s stock if you will take off 15 %.

4.I (purchase) the equipment if you (throw in) the accessories. a) I purchase the equipment if you throw in the accessories.

b) I purchase the equipment if you will throw in the accessories.

c) I will purchase the equipment if you will throw in the accessories. d) I will purchase the equipment if you throw in the accessories.

5.How long (you hold) your prices if we (order) today?

a)How long you hold your prices if we order today?

b)How long you will hold your prices if we order today?

c)How long will you hold your prices if we order today?

d)How long you hold your prices if we will order today?

6. If I (pay) cash, how much discount (you allow)? a) If I pay cash, how much discount you will allow? b) If I pay cash, how much discount will you allow?

c) If I will pay cash, how much discount will you allow? d) If I will pay cash, how much discount you will allow?

Exercise 171. Negotiating Positions. Expand the prompts to make conditional sentences as in the example. Use the Second Conditional.

Example. 1. firm orders in advance for one year ______ reduce the price by 10 %? If I gave you firm orders in advance for one year, would you reduce the price by 10 %?

2. make a firm order _____ agree to split the transport costs 50–50?

a) If you maked a firm order, you would agree to split the transport costs 50–50? b) If you made a firm order, would you agree to split the transport costs 50–50? c) If you make a firm order, would you agree to split the transport costs 50–50? d) If you made a firm order, will you agree to split the transport costs 50–50?

3. ensure free maintenance ______buy a new photocopier from us?

a)If you ensured free maintenance, would you buy a new photocopier from us?

b)Would you ensure free maintenance if you bought a new photocopier from us?

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c)If you ensured free maintenance, you would buy a new photocopier from us?

d)Would you ensured free maintenance if you buyed a new photocopier from us?

4. buy the turbo-diesel model ______ install air conditioning and a CD-player free of charge?

a)If you bought the turbo-diesel model, you would install air conditioning and a CD-player free of charge?

b)Would you buy the turbo-diesel model if you installed air conditioning and a CD-player free of charge?

c)If you bought the turbo-diesel model, would you install air conditioning and a CD-player free of charge?

d)Would you bought the turbo-diesel model if you would install air conditioning and a CD-player free of charge?

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Exercise 172. Choose the correct form of the verbs in italics. Choose one variant.

Example: If I had my own office, it would be easier to work.

1.If I think of any new ideas, I’ll / I’d phone you.

2.If we had more time, we can / could do more careful research.

3.People would be more creative if they weren’t / wouldn’t be so stressed.

4.If we have / had a more exciting product, we’d sell more.

5.People will buy the product if we make / made it more exciting.

6.Will / Would companies be more innovative if they encouraged more discussion?

7.If we don’t / didn’t take risks sometimes, we would never make any progress.

8.What would we do if the venture failed / would fail?

Exercise 173. Write a sentence about each person’s wish using the second conditional.

Example: Pascale works in an open-plan office with a lot of other people.

The office is noisy and it’s difficult to work. He’d like to have his own office. — If I had my own office, it would be easier to work.

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1.Marta has young children at school but also works full-time. She has to work fixed hours from 9 am to 5 pm. She’d like to work flexi-time so she can meet her children from school. — If I worked _____ from school.

2.Don travels a lot in his work. He has a young family but he doesn’t see them very often. He would like to travel less and spend more time with his family. — If I travelled _____ with my family.

3.Trudy has to travel for an hour by train every day to get to work. It is tiring and expensive. She would like to work from home for part of the week, to save time and costs. — If I worked _____ time and costs.

4.Felipe has a tough boss who expects him to work very long hours. He feels very stressed. He’d like to have a more sympathetic boss. — If I had _____ less stressed.

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