Company meeting words

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Hello!

Today we will have a test of company meeting words. In order to this mini test, you will have to stop the video and get a pen and paper to write down your answers. Stop the video now and get ready with your pen and paper. If you are ready, start the company meeting multiple choice test now.

Test

1. What do we call a proposal that someone would like to discuss at a company meeting?

(A) A motion
(B) An emotion
(C) A resolution
(D) A movement
(E) A and C
(F) C and D

2. Which verb(s) is (are) correct and in use in modern English?

(A) To call a meeting
(B) To convocate a meeting
(C) To convoke a meeting
(D) To convene a meeting
(E) A, B, C, and D
(F) A, B and C
(G) A and D

3. Once the meeting has voted on a motion, what do we call this ex-motion?

(A) A deliberate
(B) A resolution
(C) A deliberation
(D) A proposal
(E) A and B
(F) A, B, C, and D

4. Which verb(s) can be used with reference to meetings?

(A) To deliberate
(B) To resolve
(C) To pass a resolution
(D) To pass a deliberation
(E) A, B, C, and D
(F) A and B
(G) B and C

5. Meetings have to be formally announced a certain number of days before people can officially and correctly meet. With reference to this we should say:

(A) To send communication of the meeting
(B) To send convocation of the meeting
(C) To send notice of the meeting
(D) To send announcement of the meeting
(E) A, B, C and D
(F) A and B

6. What are the 3 types of resolutions commonly found?

(A) Ordinary resolutions; Special resolutions; Written resolutions
(B) Ordinary administration resolutions; Extraordinary administration resolutions; Written resolutions
(C) Oral resolutions; Raised hand resolutions; Written resolutions

7. With reference to meetings, which verb(s) is (are) the same as to have a meeting?

(A) To make a meeting
(B) To do a meeting
(C) To hold a meeting
(D) To take a meeting
(E) A and C
(F) B and D

You can check you answers in the key after you have answered all the questions. If your answer is different to the answer in the key, this doesn’t mean that there is a mistake in the key, rather, it means that you have made a mistake.

KEY to test

1. The correct answer is (A). Proposals at meetings are called motions. Once motions are voted and passed, they are called resolutions.
2. The correct answer is (G). We say to call a meeting (A) and to convene a meeting (D). The most common expression, however, is to call a meeting.
3. The correct answer is (B). Once motions are voted and passed, they are called resolutions.
4. The correct answer is (G). We say to resolve (B) or to pass a resolution (C).
5. The correct answer is (C).
6. The only correct answer is (A).
7. The correct answer is (C). To hold a meeting is the same as to have a meeting.

Thank you very much and see you next time for more Peter’s Pills to improve your Legal English!

Legal English – Sommario delle Lezioni

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• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 53 – What do we mean by “agent” of a company?
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 52 – Voting at a meeting
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 51 – Contracts vs Deeds
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 50 – Executive and Non-Executive Directors
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 49 – Transfer of shares vs transmission of shares
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 48 – They, them, their for singular nouns
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 47 – Jointly and severally
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 46 – Invoice words
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 45 – Quotation
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 44 – Gazumping and Gazundering
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 43 – English words that the English do not understand
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 42 – Easement vs Profit à prendre
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 41 -er, -or and -ee names
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 40 – The Objects Clause
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 39 – When is Latin hot, and when is it not?
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 38 – Default
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 37 – Company Agent
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 36 – Injunction (false freind)
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 35 – Mortgage
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 34 – Freehold, Leasehold and Commonhold estates
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 33 – Transferor, Transferee and Transmittee
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 32 – Tax evasion, tax mitigation and tax avoidance
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 31 – Numbers
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 30 – Ordinary resolutions vs special resolutions
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 29 – AGM vs EGM
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 28 – A going concern
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 27 – Collocations: Violate, breach, break, disobey and infringe
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 26 – Company meeting words
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 25 – Mortgagor vs Mortgagee
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 24 – Fixed charges vs Floating charges
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 23 – Doctrine
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 22 – Construe
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 21 – Sign vs Execute
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 20 – The closing statement
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 19 – Writing Business Emails
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 18 – Limited companies
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 17 – Annual Accounts
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 16 – Meetings
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 15 – Attorney-at-law vs Attorney-in-fact
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 14 – Here and there compounds
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 13 – Subject Matter
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 12 – The clear days rule
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 11 – Shareholder, Member or Holder of shares?
• Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 10 – Competition Law
• Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 9 – Lasting Power of Attorney
• Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 8 – Guardianship
• Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 7 – Damage vs Damages
• Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 6 – Legal Doublets
• Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 5 – Escrow

Peter Liebenberg

Peter Liebenberg è uno specialista nella formazione delle persone nella conoscenza della lingua inglese. Ha creato molti corsi nel campo dell’inglese per professionisti, tra cui English for banking, English for business e English for Insurance, ma ha sempre avuto un debole per l’inglese legale. Altri corsi che ha creato comprendono Phrasal Verbs I e II. Quando Peter non fa formazione, corre a Parco Sempione, crea arte nel suo studio sulla Martesana e fa volontariato.