9. Persuading
Opening a meeting
4. Asking for contribution
12. Closing the meeting
11. Summarising
5. Agreeing
3. Stating objectives
2. Introducing the agenda
6. Disagreeing
8. Stating preference
10. Moving the discussion on
7. Expressing opinions
A. Thanks for coming. I think we can start now.
B. That’s not how I see it.
C. In my opinion, we should ....
G. The purpose of today’s meeting is to …
D. I think we can close the meeting now. Thank you everybody.
L. Has everyone received a copy of the agenda?
J. So we’ve decided to …
E. Let’s move on to the next agenda item.
K. Hugo, would you like to say something about this?
H. I couldn’t agree with you more.
F. I’d rather …
I. It will definitely help if we …