Proposals – Useful Language

Write the categories for each set of language items:

• Explaining why a suggestion / recommendation would be effective • Describing the general opinion
• Making suggestions / recommendations • Conclusion • Introduction

1. ______________________________________________
- The main purpose / aim (of this proposal) is to outline / present / discuss / examine / evaluate…
- This proposal outlines/looks at…
- This proposal relates to…

2. ______________________________________________
- It is clear that…
- With regard to…, the general view seems to be…
- In (the) light of (e.g. last year’s experience),…

3. _______________________________________________
- Perhaps the most effective way of…
- It is vital that…
- It would be a beneficial idea to…
- It would be ideal for… to...
- It would (not) be advisable / practical/ effective to…
- I suggest / propose that…
- I suggest / propose + ing

4._________________________________________________
- One of the main benefits / advantages would be...
- By drawing attention to …, we would …
- The reason this would be a successful idea is that...
- This would be one way to improve [the people's perception], due to the fact that...

5. ________________________________________________
- In light of the above, we believe the following measures should be adopted…
- I hope that the ideas outlined/presented in this proposal meet with your approval…
- I hope that the recommendations outlined/ presented in this proposal will receive due consideration.

Pay attention to the following:

- Do not use ___________________________________________________________________________ (e.g. don't).
- Use ________________________________________________ when possible (e.g. people have been interested in).
- Use __________________________________ to join ideas: The period during which he lived was full of uncertainty.
- Use these formal words:
 like - such as; kids - children
 a lot (of) - many / a large number of + countable noun
 a lot (of) - much / a great amount of / a great deal of + uncountable
 a lot (intensity) - significantly / dramatically
- Avoid using the word things / something, etc. Use a more specific word (problems, situation, solutions, subjects,
aspects and so on).