2. Exercise 1 Read the following sentences. For each pair of sentences there are
two possibilities, A or B. Decide which sentence uses the correct
preposition. Write your answers in the box
1) A)A termination clause informs the parties of the circumstaces under which a
contract can end.
B) A termination clause informs the parties of the circumstances at which a contract
can end.
2) A) The seller retains title in the goods until the Buyer pays for full.
B) The seller retains title in the goods until the Buyer pays in full.
3) A) A force majeure prevented my client to fullfilling his obligations.
B) A force majeure prevented my client from fullfilling his obligations.
4) A) Copyright in the design belongs to the artist
B) Copyright for the design belongs to the artist.
5) A) The hirer agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of this agreement
B) The hirer agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of this agreement
B(1) (2)A B AA(3) (4) (5)
3. 1) I_________ to two people. I must pay Mary £20 and I must pay Andrea £10
Exercise 2 Put the correct verb into the following sentences
2) This information is confidential and you must not ____________ it to anyone
3) Please _____________ this information strictly confidential.
4) When I ___________ a breach of contract it means that I don’t fulfil my obligations under that
contract.
5) I _________ my goods in a warehouse in Manchester.
6) I agree to _________ a licence to you client to use my design on his merchandise for a period of
one year
7) To use someone’s artwork without his permission is to __________ that person’s copyright.
8) I will _________ a new termination clause for my client’s contract as he is not satisfied with the
current clause
9) The autor agreed to _________ her intellectual property rights to the publishing company, so
the author no longer has legal ownnership of those rights.
10) When I ______________ someone against a loss it means that I promise to compensate him or her
for that loss.
(J)owe
(I) infringe
(B) disclose
(A)store (C) indemnify
(D)assign
(E)grant
(F) keep
(G) draft
(H) commit
4. Read the text. It is from a contract. Match the
underlined words in the text with the correct
meanings by writing the letters, A,B,C, etc. in the list
below.
Exercise 3
Contract
Sending a document in the correct formal way
Money to pay someone for a loss
amounts of money that a person owes to other people
Serious, significant
Start
Violation
Duration, the period of time for which a contract is valid
End
Property, including money and equipment
F
D
J
G
B
H
C
A
E
K
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5. 1) The (A) agreement shall (B) commence on the 25 June 2020 and shall continue for a (
C)term of one calendar year.
2) Each party to this Agreement may at his or her own discretion and without being
required to pay (D) compensation (E) terminate the agreement by (F) serving two
months’ written notice in advance.
3) Each party to this agreement may by giving written notice to the other party terminate
the agreement immediately as follows:
3.1 If the other party has committed a (G) material (H) breach of this agreement.
3.2 If the other party goes into (I) voluntary or compulsory liquidation.
3.3 if the other party is insolvent or unable to pay his or her (J) debts when they become
due.
3.4 If a receiver is appointed for the whole or any part of the (K) assets of the other party.
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