English Teaching

English for Business Meetings — Phrases That Work (B2)

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B2  ⏱ 5 min

🤝 English for Business Meetings — Phrases That Work

I ran team briefings in Sydney with staff from 12 countries. The meeting phrases below kept everything on track — and on time.

📖 Meeting Phrases

Opening a meeting:
Let’s get started. / Shall we begin? / I’d like to call the meeting to order.

Giving the floor:
I’d like to hand over to… / Could we hear from…? / [Name], would you like to add anything?

Moving forward:
Let’s move on to the next point. / Can we park that for now? / That’s a good point — shall we note it?

Summarising and closing:
To summarise, we’ve agreed that… / The action points are… / I’ll send the minutes by end of day.

To formally start a meeting you say:

‘Can we park that for now?’ means:

‘The action points are…’ is used to:

Let’s ____________ on to the next item on the agenda.

I’ll ____________ the minutes by end of day. (send a written record)

🎭 Role Play

Practise a 3-minute meeting with a colleague or in writing. Include: an opening, one agenda point, a decision, and action points. Use phrases from today.

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