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Practice ‘serve as’ | ||
2016/06/21 | ||
Task 1: Now complete these sentences using one of the phrases from the table below. Look at the example.
________________ serves as confirmation of our agreement.
________________ serves as a starting point for the new project.
________________ serves as a memory of the company outing.
________________ serve as the basis for our forecasts for next year.
This memo from the IT department serves as a guide for all future software problems.
________________ serves as formal notice of my resignation.
________________ will serve as incentive to earn more on commission.
________________ serves as security for our interests in the deal.
________________ will serve as a model for other teams in other regions.
________________ serve as a reminder that more care needs to be taken.
________________ serves as a reference for measuring performance.
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*2016/06/24更新
Check out my suggested answers below. Remember that the relationship between both parts of the sentence must be easy to see. Also remember that the sentence has to agree grammatically, with an ‘s’ on the end of the verb if the subject is singular. Study the examples carefully.
The contract serves as confirmation of our agreement.
This market study serves as a starting point for the new project.
The group photo serves as a memory of the company outing.
These figures serve as the basis for our forecasts for next year.
This memo from the IT department serves as a guide for all future software problems.
This email serves as formal notice of my resignation.
We hope that the drop in base salary will serve as incentive to earn more on commission.
This letter serves as security for our interests in the deal.
We hope this dynamic sales team will serve as a model for other teams in other regions.
Let this mistake serve as a reminder that more care needs to be taken.
This figure simply serves as a reference for measuring performance.
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