12. AGENDAS 12.1. Attending Meetings

1. Agenda

1.1. The length of the meeting

1.2. The time of day the meeting is held

1.3. The number of people who attend

1.4. What's on the Agenda

1.5. Preparation

1.6. How the meeting is chaired

2. Vocabulary

2.1. Meetings

2.2. Agenda

2.3. Attend

2.4. Apologies

2.5. Called

2.6. Chair

2.7. Circulated

2.8. Hold

2.9. Item

3. Time Clauses

3.1. We use expressions such as when, os soon as, before and until to make it clear when we are going to do something. For the first clause in the sentence we use will + infinitive, but after the time expression (for the second clause) we use a present tense

3.1.1. I´ll call you when I get to the station.

3.1.2. I´ll phone you as soon as I arrive.

3.1.3. We won´t start before you arrive.

3.1.4. We´ll wait untill everyone is here.

4. Useful Language

4.1. Who's going to take the minutes?

4.2. I missed the last meeting

4.3. Where are we going to hold the meeting?

4.4. Who is going to chair the meeting

4.5. Fred can't come. He sends his apologies

4.6. the last item on the agenda is "any other business"

4.7. I'll circulate the minutes next Monday