Improving a service · Explaining the benefit of a suggestion

Explaining the benefit of a suggestion in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Explaining the benefit of a suggestion.

Use if with the past simple and would with a base verb for an imagined or unlikely present or future situation. The past form does not necessarily refer to past time.

Context: Improving a service. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

If the building had more rooms, that would be easier.

لو احتوى المبنى على غرف أكثر، لكان ذلك أسهل.

What would you change if you were responsible for the service?

ماذا ستغير لو كنت مسؤولًا عن الخدمة؟

I would ask regular visitors which improvements they needed first.

لسألت الزوار المنتظمين عن التحسينات التي يحتاجون إليها أولًا.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: If the building had more rooms, that would be easier.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: لسألت الزوار المنتظمين عن التحسينات التي يحتاجون إليها أولًا.