Cover of the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Writing 6 - Reports for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Write sentences with if, be to + infinitive (without to) and need, etc., using these ideas.

Answer

  1. If the government wants to win the next election, they must change their policies now.
  2. We need to / must / have to improve our marketing if we are to boost sales.
  3. If we are to reduce crime, we must / need to / have to increase the number of police.
  4. The company needs to reduce its debts if it doesn’t want to go bankrupt.
  5. The council needs to build more cycle lanes if it is to encourage more people to cycle to work.
  6. If we are to discourage waste, the government must / has to introduce a tax on the amount of rubbish people throw away.