Aldina Sérgio Moque.

Nº 1
Lucília Manuel Nº 59

Samora Moses Machel Secondary School

Class: 7

Advantages and Disadvantages of a Partnership and Modal Verbs

Chimoio, 2023
 Aldina Sérgio Moque. Nº 1
Lucília Manuel Nº 59

Samora Moses Machel Secondary School

Class: 7
Teacher: Felizardo Fole

Advantages and Disadvantages of a Partnership and Modal Verbs

Chimoio, 2023
Índice
1. Introduction...............................................................................................................................1

2. Advantages and Disadvantages of a Partnership.......................................................................2

2.1. Advantages of a Partnership...................................................................................................2

2.2. Disadvantages of a Partnership..............................................................................................3

3. Modal verbs...............................................................................................................................4

3.1. Function..................................................................................................................................4

3.2. How are modal verbs used.....................................................................................................5

3. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................7
1. Introduction
This work talks about partnership in business and modal verbs. In business, the most common
is partnership. This is a situation where two or more individuals share ownership of the
company and are the primary decision makers within the organization. Each partner has the
ability to oversee a company's various departments, as well as everything from the company's
finances and assets to its human resources, marketing, planning and management strategy.

Modal verbs in English are auxiliary verbs used to complement or change the meaning of
main verbs in sentences. For this reason they are also called modal auxiliaries. They are
widely used by English speakers and, therefore, are essential for anyone learning this
language.

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2. Advantages and Disadvantages of a Partnership
A partnership is commonly formed when two or more people wish to come together to form a
business. As it is a partnership, entrepreneurs necessarily share profits, responsibilities and
decision-making. There are several advantages and disadvantages in a business partnership.

2.1. Advantages of a Partnership

1. Bridging the Gap in Expertise and Knowledge
Partnering with someone can give you access to a broader range of expertise for different
parts of your business. A good business partner may also bring extra knowledge and
experience or complementary skills to help you grow the business. For example, you may be
great at generating new ideas but could be better at selling these concepts.

2. Additional Capital
A prospective business partner can bring an infusion of cash into the business. The person
may also have more strategic connections than you do. This may help your company attract
potential investors and raise more capital to grow your business.

3. Cost Savings
Having a business partner can allow you to share the financial burden for expenses and capital
expenditures needed to run the business. This could help your business grow more quickly
and be more competitive.

4. More Business Opportunities

One of the advantages of having a business partner is sharing the labor. Having a business
partner may make you more productive and afford you the ease and flexibility to pursue more
business opportunities. These can include: Expanding the range of your offerings; Attracting
more investors to your company and A chance to launch a new rebranding. A partnership
might even eliminate the downside of opportunity costs. Which are the potential advantages
or business opportunities you may be forced to let go of because you don't have the bandwidth
to focus on them.

5. Responsibilities Can Be Shared

By sharing the labor, a business partner may also lighten the load. It may allow you to take
time off when needed, knowing there's a trusted person to hold down the fort. This can also
have a positive impact on your work-life balance.

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6. Emotional Support
Everyone needs to be able to bounce ideas around or debrief on important issues. Operating a
business can be stressful, and it can help to have a partner who is there when things don't go
well. At other times, a partner can satisfy the need to celebrate after achieving a goal. A
trusted business partner can be a valued business companion.

7. New Perspective
It's easy to have blind spots about how we conduct our business. A business partnership can
bring in a set of new eyes that can help spot what may have missed. It may help adopt a new
perspective or gain a different outlook about who to deal with, what markets to pursue and
even how to price Products and services. A partner can be a source of inspiration to move
beyond the status quo and explore new possibilities.

2.2. Disadvantages of a Partnership

1. Shared Liability
In addition to sharing profits and assets, a business partnership entails sharing any business
losses and responsibility for any debts, even if the other business partner incurs them. This
can place a burden on your personal finances and assets. You may be responsible for
decisions your business partner makes about the business.

2. Loss of Autonomy
While you likely enjoy total control of your business, you would now share control with a
partner in a business partnership, and important decisions would be made jointly. When you
start exploring the advantages and disadvantages of a business partnership, ask yourself this:
can you compromise and relinquish certain ways of doing business if you have to? If you've
worked on your own for a long time and are used to being independent, you may find it
stressful when you can't continue doing things your way. This may require a change in
mindset, which may not be easily maintained over the long haul.

3. Potential Conflict Between Business Partners

Many issues can surface that may make working with a business partner difficult. For
example, conflicts can arise from differences of opinion or unequal effort put into the
business. One partner may not pull their weight. Relationships can sour. But you may be able
to prevent emotional problems by carefully choosing who you partner with, looking for

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someone who shares your vision, has values similar to yours, has the same work ethic and
where the chemistry is right. This can go a long way toward preventing unexpected problems.

4. Exit Strategy Complications

You or your business partner may wish to sell the business as circumstances change. This
could present difficulties if one of the partners isn't interested in selling. You can deal with
such an eventuality by including an exit strategy in the business partnership agreement. For
example, you may include "a right of first refusal" if your partner decides to sell their business
interest to a third party. This ensures that you retain the right to accept the offer, thus
preventing a stranger from joining the business. An exit strategy can address many other
issues, such as a partner's bankruptcy, disability or desire to move out of the country.

5. Lack of Stability
When balancing the advantages and disadvantages of a business partnership, you also need to
consider if you can cope with unpredictability. Even if you have a solid exit strategy in your
partnership agreement, the change triggered by a partner's situation can cause instability in the
business. Is riding the wave of instability one of your strengths?

3. Modal verbs
A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as
a likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestion, order, obligation, necessity,
possibility or advice. Modal verbs generally accompany the base (infinitive) form of another
verb having semantic content. In English, the modal verbs commonly used
are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, ought to, used to and dare.

3.1. Function
A modal auxiliary verb gives information about the function of the main verb that it governs.
Modals have a wide variety of communicative functions, but these functions can generally be
related to a scale ranging from possibility ("may") to necessity ("must"), in terms of one of the
following types of modality:
 epistemic modality, concerned with the theoretical possibility of propositions being true
or not true (including likelihood and certainty)
 deontic modality, concerned with possibility and necessity in terms of freedom to
act (including permission and duty)

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 dynamic modality, which may be distinguished from deontic modality in that, with
dynamic modality, the conditioning factors are internal – the subject's own ability or
willingness to act.

3.2. How are modal verbs used

Modal verbs are used to express certain hypothetical conditions, such as advisability,
capability, or requests (there’s a full list in the next section). They’re used alongside a main
verb to inflect its meaning. Consider the difference between these two examples:
I swim every Tuesday.
I can swim every Tuesday.
The first example is a simple factual statement. The speaker participates in a swimming
activity every week on Tuesdays. The second example uses the modal verb can. Notice how
the meaning changes slightly. The speaker does not necessarily swim every Tuesday; they’re
saying that they are capable of swimming every Tuesday or that the possibility exists for them
to swim every Tuesday. It’s hypothetical.
The most frequently used ones are: can; may; might; could; should; would; will; must.

a) Present tenses
We already covered the simple present above, but you can also use modal verbs in the present
continuous and present perfect continuous tenses.

b) Present continuous
After the modal verb, use the word be followed by the –ing form of the main verb: [modal
verb] + be + [verb in -ing form].
I should be going.

c) Present perfect continuous

You can add a modal verb before a main verb in the present perfect continuous tense without
changing much. However, note that the main verb always forms the present perfect
continuous using have been, when appearing with a modal verb, never had been, even if the
subject is third-person. The formula is [modal verb] + have been + [main verb in -
ing form].
She must have been sleeping.
d) Simple past and present perfect tenses
Using a modal verb in the simple past or the present perfect (which indicates an action that
happened in the past but is directly related to the present) is a little trickier. Only a few of the
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core modal verbs have the ability to refer to past time: could, might, should, and would. They
do this by functioning at times as the past tense forms of their fellow modal
verbs can, may, shall, and will.

e) Simple past
Of the main modal verbs listed at the top, only can and will can be used in the simple past.
The expressions have to and need to can also be used in the simple past, when conjugated
as had to and needed to. Other modal verbs use the present perfect to discuss events in the
past.
Can and will use their past tense form plus the infinitive form of the main verb without to,
just like in the present: could/would + [main verb infinitive].
I could do a handstand when I was a kid.
During exam season in college, I would not sleep much.

f) Present perfect
To form the present perfect using the modal verb could, might, should, or would, use the
present perfect form of the main verb, which is have plus the past participle. As with the
present perfect continuous, you always use have, even if the subject is third-
person: could/might/should/would + have + [main verb past participle].
I might have gone to the party, but I forgot.

g) Future tenses
Because the simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect
continuous tenses of main verbs are all already formed with the modal verb will, when you
want to indicate likelihood, permission, or any of the other conditions discussed above in the
future, it often makes sense to do it in some other way than by adding a modal verb.
They will be more likely to come over tomorrow if you give them plenty of warning.
However, there are also situations in which a modal verb other than will can be used to talk
about something in the future. In these cases, the new modal verb just replaces will in the
sentence, and the main verb takes the same form it would with will.
I can hang out tomorrow.
Could I be majoring in law next year?
They should have left by the time we get there.
By twenty years from now, I may have traveled to more conferences than I care to recall.

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3. Conclusion
In analyzing some of the pros and cons of a business partnership, you may conclude that the
advantages outweigh the disadvantages. What's more, some of the disadvantages of a
partnership may be overcome with due diligence, proper investigation and a detailed, written
business prenup.
Carefully evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages of a business partnership in relation
to your financial situation and mindset. Above all, take your time to assess your prospective
business partner to ensure they are a good match. A business partnership is a marriage. And as
with any long-lasting marriage, it's based on finding the right person, someone you trust, and
enjoying being together within four walls. Modal verbs are a special class of auxiliary verbs
in the English language, which have their own characteristics and do not follow some
grammar rules common to other verbs, such as conjugating he, she and it differently in the
third person. Furthermore, they do not receive the –ed ending for past tense verbs in English.
Modal verbs have the ability to change or complement the meaning of the main verb. We will
explain the 9 main ones, which are most used in everyday English: can, could, may, might,
must, should, shall, will and would. It is important to understand that, in many cases, their use
is very similar. You can only learn which one will fit best in each situation by practicing a lot.