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Conditionals

Learn to rewrite statements into conditional sentences using 'if' clauses. Explore how different actions lead to varied outcomes in business contexts.

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Conditionals

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  1. Conditionals

  2. If we’re/we would be late, they’ll start/they’d start without us. • If we would take/if we took a taxi, we’ll arrive/we’d arrive at their offices sooner. • When inflation goes up/will go up, there would be/is pressure to raise salaries. • If we don’t act/we won’t act soon, we’ll miss/we would miss the deadline for the tender. • If you signed/you will sign today, we’d ship/we ship the goods by Friday. • I wouldn’t/won’t worry if I am/were you.

  3. Rewrite the following as conditional sentences. • Fortunatelly expense reports are filed via the intranet, so they can be paid within 48 hours. If expensereports................................................. • They promoted their website through TV ads so they soon got over 2,000 hits a day. If they .............................................................................. • They never listened to their customers’ comments and suggestions, so they weren’t able to improve their online services. If they ................................................................................... • We have a competitive market for Internet access because our telecommunications environment has been deregulated. If our telecommunications environment............................................................ • We invested so much in e-commerce development that our total online sales increased tenfold over a year. If we ..................................................................................................... • Unfortunately we didn’t understand the potential impact of e-purchasing early enough, so we are lagging behind our competitors. If we .....................................................................

  4. Key • If expense reports weren’t filed via the intranet, they couldn’t be paid within 48 hours. • If they hadn’t promoted their website through TV ads, they wouldn’t have got over 2000 hits. • If they had listened to their customers’ comments and suggestions, they would have been able to improve thier online services. • If our telecommunications environment hadn’t been deregulated, we wouldn’t have a competitive market. • If we handn’t invested so much in e-commerce development, our total online sales woudn’t have increased tenfold. • If we had we understood the potential impact of e-purchasing early enough, we wouldn’t be lagging behind our competitors.

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