Business B1 · Unit 6 · Case study

Case Study 6 · The team that swims in meetings

Duration: 30 min

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Warm-up

Warm-up · Prime the case (5 min, solo)

Two quick drills that use Unit 6 language: (A) modal choice for a workplace rule, and (B) polite meeting phrases.

Drill 1 — Choose the modal

Read each sentence. Choose should, must, have to, mustn't or don't have to.

  1. External rule — Every meeting over 20 minutes ___ have an agenda.

  2. Optional — Junior staff ___ attend the Friday all-hands.

  3. Forbidden — Attendees ___ record the call.

  4. Strong advice — You ___ send the pre-read the day before.

Drill 2 — Polite meeting phrases

Match the function to the phrase.

  1. Opening

  2. Interrupting

  3. Parking a topic

  4. Closing

Bridge to the case → The case will demand two moves: (a) design a meeting policy the team can defend on Monday; (b) deliver it out loud, calmly, when a senior colleague pushes back.