Practical Grammar and Vocabulary in the Workplace. Пособие по бизнес-английскому. Larisa Lubimova
I’d earn more money if I didn’t work/ I wouldn’t work for someone else.
10. I’d have a flexible schedule if I’m / was self-employed.
2.Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence (s).
1. My colleague travels so much. He misses a lot of important meetings.
If my colleague didn’t travel so much he wouldn’t miss so many meetings
2.I take taxis all the time. I don’t have a company car.
If I.. …taxis all the time.
3.You don’t spend time building client relationships, so you have poor sales results.
If you ..........better sales results.
4.I haven’t done a presentation course. I don’t speak at many conferences.
If I.... .........at more conferences.
5 We don’t fly business class. It costs so much.
We……… so much.
6. I work in an open-plan office. People interrupt me frequently.
If I… … .......so often.
7.My boss doesn’t have a PA. She’s not very efficient.
If my boss… … …more efficient.
8.They haven’t sent us the final order. We aren’t able to close their account.
If they ......their account.
9. They don’t know what to do in this situation. We are thinking of hiring new workers.
If they …..new workers.
10 The manager turns a blind eye to her complaints. She wants to resign.
If the manager… to resign.
3. Find and correct five mistakes in these sentences. Tick (,/) the sentences that are correct.
1 If you would to expand into Europe, would you base yourself in Paris or somewhere else?
2 Were I you, I would never rely on the person who flip-flops every hour
3 The job won’t be so bad if there weren’t so much travelling.
4 If we won the Innovation Award, it gave us a lot of free publicity, but unfortunately we won’t.
5 Our profits for this quarter would be significantly bigger if fuel costs weren’t so high.
6 If interest rates would go up, many people would be unable to pay their mortgages.
7 If I moved to Stockholm, I’d have to sell my house, so I’m going to turn down the Swedish job offer.
8 If investors had more confidence in the CEO, would they be less critical of the company’s recent economic results?
9 If they wouldn’t have spent so much on the new offices, they wouldn’t have such cashflow problems.
10 Were you to do it on your own, it would be only you to face the music
4. Underline the correct words
1 If we sent the goods by sea, the transport costs will/would be much lower.
2. If they promote/promoted the brand better, they’ll gain market share.
3. If anyone from Head Office visits, they always stay/will stay in a five star hotel.
4. If I were you, I’d/I’ll call their Technical Support number.
5. If I have/had more time, I’d be able to come up with a solution.
6. If it breaks down/will break it takes days for the service engineer to arrive.
7. If you needed the money urgently, I could phone/could have phoned Accounts now to try and speed up your payment.
8. If you enter the date in the wrong format, the computer recognizes/ will recognize the information.
9. If your second interview goes/will go well, I’m sure they’ll offer you the job.
10 If you would have backed up/backed up your files more often, you wouldn’t risk losing all your work.
5. Rewrite the following sentences using “IF” to make “Second Conditionals”.
1 The population of the world is increasing so rapidly, that’s why there is unemployment in the world.
If – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – —
2 I cannot concentrate on my work because my colleagues are laughing very loudly.
If – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – —
3 I am very depressed because we are experiencing a lot of problems at work now
If – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – —
4 I don’t understand the financial issues, so I don’t discuss them.
If – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — —
5 There are a lot of fatal accidents because people drive very carelessly on Fridays.
If – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — —
6 I am sorry that I don’t have much money, so I cannot help you.
If – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — —
7 I get bored because the working day is too tedious.
If – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — —
8 I am sorry that today is not a holiday, so I cannot stay in bed all day long.
If – — – — – — – — – — – — – — –