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BLOCK 1 — SPEAK BUSINESS

Block 1 of 4 — Working in English

Meetings & Teleconferences

Master the language of professional meetings — from opening and chairing to handling difficult moments and writing sharp follow-ups.

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3 hours · 8 activities
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Level B2
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320 points available
INPUTMeeting vocabulary — click to reveal
12 high-value meeting expressions
These are not basic meeting words — they are the expressions that mark the difference between a B1 and a B2 professional. Click each card to reveal meaning and a real example.
Fill in the blanks — chairing a difficult meeting
Context: You are chairing a project review meeting that has gone off track. Complete the chairperson’s interventions using the correct expressions.
Click a word from the bank, then click the blank where you want to place it.
going around in circles shelve sticking point iron out on the same page walk us through
1. Before we go any further, could you the revised figures?
2. I feel we’re on this point. Let’s move on.
3. The main seems to be the budget allocation.
4. I’d suggest we the rebranding discussion for now.
5. Before we vote, I want to make sure we’re all .
6. Let’s use the last ten minutes to the remaining details.
GRAMMARModal verbs & indirect questions in meetings
Grammar focus — Modals for suggestions & indirect questions
In meetings, how you say something is as important as what you say.

Suggestions: Shall we move on? / Could we come back to that? / Would it make sense to table this?
Indirect questions: I was wondering if you could elaborate. / Could you tell us a bit more? / I’d be interested to know whether…
Multiple choice — choose the most effective phrase
Select the option that is most natural, professional and appropriate for each meeting situation.
Error correction — find the 6 mistakes in this transcript
Context: This is an extract from meeting minutes written by a B1 learner. It contains 6 language errors — modal verbs, indirect question word order and preposition problems. Find them all.
Click on the word or phrase you think is wrong. When you have found all 6, click «Check errors» to see full explanations.
Errors found: 0 / 6
Modal gap fill — best option in context
Context: All options below are grammatically possible. The challenge is choosing the one that best fits professional meeting context. One wrong choice can change the entire tone of what you say.
Select the most appropriate modal for each gap. Read the full sentence context before deciding.
LISTENINGOpening a project kick-off meeting
Context: You will hear Helen Marsh, Project Director, opening a project kick-off meeting. Listen carefully — this is a single voice, as you would hear in a real meeting.
Press Play to listen. Adjust speed and replay as needed. Transcript available after first listen.
Project Kick-off Meeting — Helen Marsh, Project Director
Single voice · approx. 90 sec · British English
Ready to play
Comprehension questions
FUNCTIONSLanguage for every meeting phase
Exercise 1 — Match phrase to function
Context: Match each phrase to its communicative function. These are the 7 key interventions of a professional meeting.
Click a phrase, then click its matching function. Complete all 7 pairs.
Exercise 2 — Sort expressions by meeting phase
Context: Professional meetings follow a clear structure. Each of these 9 expressions belongs to a specific phase — Opening, During or Closing.
Click an expression to select it, then click the correct column to place it.
Opening
During
Closing
Exercise 3 — What do you say? Meeting situations
Context: You are chairing a quarterly review. At each moment, three options are available. Only one is fully appropriate — the others have problems of register, grammar or professional impact.
Select the most effective response for each situation. Detailed feedback explains why each option works or fails.
PHRASAL VERBS10 essential meeting phrasal verbs
Reference list — study before practising
These 10 phrasal verbs appear constantly in professional meetings. Study each one before starting the exercises below.
Exercise 1 — Choose the correct phrasal verb
Select the correct phrasal verb for each meeting context. Some distractors are very similar — context is everything.
Exercise 2 — Fill in the blank (type the answer)
Context: Complete these extracts from a board meeting. Type the correct phrasal verb in the correct grammatical form.
Type the missing phrasal verb. Pay attention to form — some need -ing, some past tense, some infinitive.
Exercise 3 — Rewrite using a phrasal verb
Context: The sentences below use formal or indirect language. Rewrite each one using the target phrasal verb shown. Keep the meaning the same.
Type your rewritten sentence in each box. The target verb is given as a hint.
PRODUCTIONMeeting simulation — difficult moments
Context: You are chairing a tense quarterly review meeting. Three difficult situations arise. Choose the most professional and effective response each time.
Read each situation. Choose the best intervention. Immediate feedback explains why each option works or doesn’t.
WRITINGTwo post-meeting emails
Email 1 — Internal follow-up to your team
Context: The kick-off meeting has just finished. Send a follow-up email to your team summarising decisions and next steps. Internal email — professional but direct.
Fill each gap using the word bank. Click a word, then click the gap.
as per ownership flagged loop in carried over
Email 2 — External follow-up to a client
Context: After a negotiation meeting with an external client, confirm what was agreed. The tone here is more careful and precise.
Fill each gap. This email requires a more formal register than Email 1.
further to in principle outstanding revert subject to
REGISTERBoardroom meeting vs team catch-up
Context: Not all meetings are the same. A board-level review requires very different language from a quick team catch-up. Sort each expression into the correct meeting context.
Click an expression to select it, then click the correct zone to place it. Sort all 8 expressions.
Board / formal meeting
Team catch-up / informal