English 1 for management EA Dea Adlina Lesson

English 1 for management (EA) Dea Adlina Lesson 5

APOLOGY PHRASES

Apology and condolence • Apology is done when the speaker made a mistake or inconvenience • Condolence is done when the speaker wants to express sympathy (feeling sorry)

Example Apology Condolence • I am sorry for keeping you waiting. • Please accept our sincere apologies for the oversight. • We apologize for failing to inform you in time. • I very much regret having given you cause for complaint. ü I am deeply sorry to hear that. ü I was deeply distressed to hear the sudden death of Mr. Arthur. ü We were most grieved to hear of her loss. ü I offer you my sincere condolences. q Please convey our deep sympathy to Mrs. Tracey and her family. q My staff join me in conveying our sincere sympathy to members of his family.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

SUMMARY MEANING OF THE ‘IF CLAUSE’ VERB FORM IN THE ‘IF CLAUSE’ ‘RESULT CLAUSE’ True in the present/future Simple present Simple future (a) If I have enough time, I write to my parents every week. (b) If I have enough time tomorrow, I will write to my parents Untrue in the present/future Simple past Would + simple form (v 1) (c) If I had enough time now, I would write to my parents. (truth: I don’t have enough time, so I will not write to them) Untrue in the past Past perfect (had + v 2) Would have + past participle(v 3) (d) If I had enough time, I would have written to my parents yesterday. (truth: I didn’t have enough time, so I didn’t write to them)

TRUE IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE FIRST CONDITIONAL

EXAMPLES sentence function a) If I don’t eat breakfast, I always get hungry during class. b) Water freezes (will freeze) if the temperature goes below 0⁰C. c) If I don’t eat breakfast tomorrow morning, I will get hungry during class. d) If the weather is nice tomorrow, we will go on a picnic • (a) Simple present in ‘result’ to express habitual activity or situation • (b) Simple present or simple future in ‘result’ to express an established, predictable fact • (c) and (d) Simple future in ‘result’ when the sentence concerns a particular activity or situation in the future

UNTRUE IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE SECONDITIONAL

EXAMPLES sentence function a) If I taught the international class, I wouldn’t get many local students. • (a) In truth, I don’t teach that class b) If he were here right now, he would help us. • (b) In truth, he is not here right now. c) If I were you, I would accept their invitation. • (c) In truth, I am not you. Note: Were is used for both singular and plural. Was is used in informal speech but considered grammatically unacceptable