Continuing Legal English & Business English practice
Six Legal English lessons and six Business/Investor English lessons, each with a professional scenario, original model response, writing task and a three-choice knowledge check with lesson-specific explanations.
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Continue with six additional original Legal English scenarios and six additional Business/Investor English scenarios covering research, disclosure, client updates, investor briefings, incident communications and executive decisions. Free self-guided practice; no payment or booking required.
Fictional situation: A client reports that equipment arrived eight days late; the signed delivery schedule has not yet been checked.
Professional vocabulary: reported claim; verification; chronology
Read an original model response
The client reports a late delivery. We have not verified the contractual deadline because the signed schedule is not yet available. We will compare the schedule with the delivery record before commenting on any contractual implications.
Your writing assignment: Write three sentences: one attributed claim, one unverified fact and a next step.
Teacher extension
The second statement attributes the allegation and preserves the evidence boundary.
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Legal English · lesson 2
Contract notices and deadlines
Fictional situation: A fictional agreement says written notice must be delivered to a particular address within ten business days after a triggering event.
Professional vocabulary: designated address; triggering event; mandatory notice
Read an original model response
The agreement requires written notice to the specified address within ten business days. Please confirm the triggering date, the method of delivery and the current notice details before a final deadline is calculated.
Your writing assignment: Replace undefinedSend it soonundefined with a neutral instruction identifying the requirement and missing inputs.
Teacher extension
A deadline cannot be calculated reliably until the applicable facts are confirmed.
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Legal English · lesson 3
Redlining: modal verbs and cost scope
Fictional situation: A counterparty revises undefinedshall reimburse all costsundefined to undefinedmay reimburse reasonable costsundefined.
Professional vocabulary: shall; may; reasonable
Read an original model response
The revision changes mandatory language into discretionary language and adds a limitation relating to reasonable costs. Before accepting the edit, we should clarify whether both changes are intended and assess their commercial consequences.
Your writing assignment: Write an email explaining the two language changes in no more than 100 words.
Teacher extension
The modal verb and qualifying adjective both materially affect meaning.
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Legal English · lesson 4
Witness interviews: open questions
Fictional situation: A witness may have observed a manager signing a page but cannot remember which document was involved.
Professional vocabulary: open-ended; leading; recollection
Read an original model response
Please describe what you remember about the documents discussed at the meeting. Did you see anyone sign anything? What do you remember about the page? It is fine to say that you are unsure.
Your writing assignment: Convert undefinedYou saw the manager sign the contract, didnundefinedt you?undefined into two open questions.
Teacher extension
Open questions permit the witness to state their own recollection.
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Legal English · lesson 5
Negotiation: conditions and tentative terms
Fictional situation: Two companies are negotiating a revised payment schedule but still need approvals.
Professional vocabulary: subject to; in principle; outstanding
Read an original model response
We are prepared to discuss a revised schedule, subject to agreement on the outstanding terms and necessary approvals. This outline is a proposal for discussion, not a record of a completed settlement.
Your writing assignment: Draft a conditional counterproposal with one open point and one next step.
Teacher extension
A conditional proposal must not be presented as a concluded agreement.
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Legal English · lesson 6
Cross-border drafting: clarify meaning
Fictional situation: Lawyers in different jurisdictions use a specialized term differently in a fictional agreement.
Professional vocabulary: governing law; term of art; clarification
Read an original model response
Could you clarify the intended meaning of undefinedundertakingundefined here and the governing-law context assumed by the draft? Aligning the intended obligation would help our teams review the clause consistently.
Your writing assignment: Write a neutral request for clarification without claiming one universal definition.
Teacher extension
Terminology may depend on context; clarification is safer than assumption.
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Business and Investor English — six continuing lessons
Business English · lesson 1
Quarterly reporting: balanced trends
Fictional situation: A divisionundefineds revenue has risen but its operating margin has fallen. The cause is not confirmed.
Professional vocabulary: revenue; margin; driver
Read an original model response
Quarterly revenue increased compared with the prior period, while operating margin declined. The finance team is reviewing the cost and product mix figures before identifying the main drivers of the movement.
Your writing assignment: Draft an executive summary covering both metrics and one uncertainty.
Teacher extension
Balanced reporting avoids inventing the cause of an unexplained trend.
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Business English · lesson 2
Project handovers: clear ownership
Fictional situation: Sales is transferring an implementation project to operations; a key specification has not arrived.
Professional vocabulary: owner; dependency; escalation
Read an original model response
The operations lead will propose a testing schedule by Tuesday. Finalizing the checklist depends on receiving the clientundefineds approved specifications. We will record the owner and next review date for each outstanding action.
Your writing assignment: Write a handover note assigning two actions, owners and deadlines.
Teacher extension
Dependencies and owners make a handover actionable.
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Business English · lesson 3
Supplier negotiation: constructive trade-offs
Fictional situation: A supplier can expedite only part of an order and has not confirmed the extra charge.
Professional vocabulary: trade-off; expedite; feasible
Read an original model response
If full delivery by our target date is not feasible, could you prioritize the components needed for the initial production run? Please confirm the earliest delivery and any extra cost before we decide.
Your writing assignment: Draft a counterproposal asking about priority goods, timing and price.
Teacher extension
A good counterproposal asks for the information needed to compare alternatives.
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Business English · lesson 4
Investor relations: guidance and assumptions
Fictional situation: An analyst asks whether the companyundefineds next-quarter forecast is guaranteed.
Professional vocabulary: guidance; assumption; forecast
Read an original model response
Our current guidance reflects the assumptions in the presentation. Actual results may differ as market conditions and demand change. We will provide updates through our usual reporting process when appropriate.
Your writing assignment: Write a concise answer separating guidance from guarantees.
Teacher extension
Forecasts describe expectations, not certainties.
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Business English · lesson 5
Performance reviews: observable feedback
Fictional situation: A colleague prepared accurate reports but missed two agreed internal handover deadlines.
Professional vocabulary: observation; impact; action plan
Read an original model response
Your customer reports were accurate and well organized. Two handover summaries arrived after the agreed deadlines, delaying review. Letundefineds establish an earlier progress checkpoint for the next cycle.
Your writing assignment: Write three feedback sentences: strength, observable concern and next step.
Teacher extension
Describing actions and impact is more useful than guessing motivation.
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Business English · lesson 6
Board presentations: uncertainty and mitigation
Fictional situation: A software rollout has an unresolved data-integration risk and a fallback process under test.
Professional vocabulary: exposure; mitigation; contingency
Read an original model response
The main delivery risk is the unresolved integration. We are testing a fallback workflow and will report results before recommending a launch date. The current schedule remains provisional.
Your writing assignment: Draft a 45-second board update showing the risk, mitigation and decision checkpoint.
Teacher extension
A professional update makes uncertainty and the decision process explicit.
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