Exercise 8. Vocabulary. Part I

Look at the sentences, and then choose the best option to complete the sentences by clicking on the choices below. When you have finished, click on "answers" at the bottom of the page.

Questions 1-15.
1. The record of what happens in a meeting is called the -
a. diary b. seconds c. minutes d. hours
2. People who meet to organize something particular form a -
a. committee b. conference c. clique d. congregation
3. The head of the group in question (2) is called the -
a. dogsbody b. table c. arbitrator d. chair
4. A meeting begins when it is -
a. put in place b. called to order c. under control d. fully in hand
5. People who cannot attend a meeting send -
a. excuses b. pleadings c. felicitations d. apologies
6. The list of things to be done is the -
a. diary b. to-do list c. agenda d. calendar
7. If someone wants to comment about the meeting this is a -
a. pointed comment b. point of order c. sharp remark d. sharp reminder
8. An idea for the meeting to consider is called a -
a. movement b. action c. motion d. referral
9. The person who presents the idea is the -
a. proposer b. suggester c. mover d. ideas man
10. The person who agrees with the idea is the -
a. yes man b. confirmer c. backer d. seconder
11. Money that is you have to pay someone is a/an -
a. owing b. cash crisis c. deduction d. debt
12. If something is left to be done later, it is -
a. detailed b. demeaned c. deferred d. defiled
13. Something that will be considered later is taken -
a. into consideration b. under advisement c. into memory d. under the rose
14. The number of people needed to make a meeting official is a -
a. quorum b. quota c. quotidian d. quay
15. When a meeting is closed until another day it is -
a. adjourned b. postponed c. backed up d. procrastinated

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