Practical Grammar and Vocabulary in the Workplace. Пособие по бизнес-английскому

Do you think discipline is more important than talent inВ achieving success? Why or whyВ not?

4. What are some strategies for staying disciplined and focused on your goals, even inВ the face ofВ difficulties?

5. How can discipline benefit aВ team or organization as aВ whole? Give examples.

6. Have you ever had toВ make sacrifices inВ order toВ maintain discipline inВ pursuing aВ goal? What were they?

Grammar focus on Unreal Condition ofВ Present and Future

We are moving further inВ the way ofВ conditional sentences.

UNREAL CONDITION OFВ PRESENT AND FUTURE

You can use present hypothetical conditionals when you are thinking about the present situation and imagining how it could be different.

If I didn’t work such long hours, I wouldn’t be so tired all the time. (but I do work long hours so I am tired all the time)

The structure is simple:

IF + PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS, WOULD/COULD/MIGHTВ +Vo

If I knew the boss was coming I wouldn’t say so

After if we usually use WERE for all persons

If I were you I wouldn’t hesitate to ask for a pay rise

ByВ the way, here we can use inversion toВ sound more formal and emphatic

Were I you I’d ask for a pay rise

InВ formal English if you want toВ sound more emotional uВ can use BUT FOR + NOUN or GERUND instead ofВ IF

But for his support we would go bankrupt

Grammar exercises

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1. If I had my own business, I’ll take/ I’d take longer holidays.

2. If I would work/worked for myself, I’d be in charge of my own life.

3. What do I do / would I do if I was the boss? I’d pay my employees good salaries.

4. If I was in charge of my own business, I invested/I’d invest in a good website and good advertising.

5. I’d hire the best and brightest people if I own /I owned my own business.

6. I’lltreat/I ’d treat my customers well if I ran my own company.

7. If I was /would be the boss of my own company, I’d introduce an incentive scheme for all staff.

8. Everyone had toВ / would have toВ wear smart suits if IВ was inВ charge ofВ my own business.

9. 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.

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