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Test your professional English.
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Task 1. Here is a brief summary of the law of contract. complete the texts using the words in the box.
| agreement · breach · capacity · consideration · damages · fraud ·illegal · obligation · oral · performance · property · signed · terms |
What is a contract?
It is an agreement that creates a binding _______________ upon the parties. The essentials of a contract are as follows: mutual ___________; a legal ______________, which in most instances need not be financial; parties who have legal ___________ to make a contract; absence of _____________ or duress; and a subject matter that is not ___________ or against public policy.
What form does a contract take?
In general, contracts may be either _____________ or written. Certain types of contracts, however, in order to be enforceable, must be written and ____________. These include contracts involving the sale and transfer of ___________.
How does a contract end?
In case of a ____________ of contract, the injured party may go to court to sue for financial compensation (or ____________), or for rescission, for injunction, or for specific performance if financial compensation would not compensate for the breach. Specific ____________ of a contract is the right by one contracting party to have the other contracting party perform the contract according to the precise _____________ agreed.
Task 2. Rewrite the sentences below, changing the verbs in bold to nouns. Don’t change the meaning of the sentences, but be prepared to make grammatical changes if necessary.
E.g. The prisoner was interrogated for three hours.
The prisoner’s interrogation lasted for three hours.
1. He was induced to steal the plans by an offer of a large amount of money.
The offer of a large amount of money was his __________________
2. The terms of the contract will be enforced.
There will be an __________________________________________
3. He is authorized to act on our behalf. He has ___________________
4. The contract was rescinded last year. The ______________________
5. You will be punished for hitting the policeman. You face __________
6. The newspaper report stated that he had been prosecuted for embezzlement. His ________________________________________
7. The irregularities in share dealings were investigated. The _________
8. He inherited $10, 000 from his grandfather. His _________________
9. The witness cancelled today’s appointment last week. The witness’ ________________________________________________________
10. They argued with the judge over the relevance of the documents to the case. They got into an ___________________________________
Task 3. Use the verbs from the box to complete the sentences.
| adjourn · approve · arbitrate · bribe · dismiss · earn employ · evict · issue · obligate · reach · recommend · rescind testify · withhold |
1. The jury was unable to ______________ a unanimous decision.
2. The new landlord has started proceedings to _______________ all the tenants.
3. I am sure the board will ________________ your proposal: it’s just the sort of thing they’re looking for at the moment.
4. The policeman warned him that it was illegal to ___________ evidence.
5. How much dividend do these shares _______________?
6. The minister was desperate and even tried to _______________ the policeman to get the charges dropped.
7. Unfortunately the committee has had to ____________ its earlier decision on the use of local government premises.
8. This tribunal will now _______________ until tomorrow at 10 a.m.
9. How many people does the company ____________?
10. Are you ready to _______________ in court that this is what happened?
11. The company is going public and they are going to ____________ 25, 000 shares.
12. Do you realise that this contract will ____________ you to buy a minimum quantity of goods each year?
13. This evidence is hearsay and I call upon the court to __________ it.
14. The prisoner’s behaviour has been good and I am going to _________ him for parole.
15. The management and the union could not agree and they called in an industrial tribunal to ______________.
Task 4. Use the past tense forms to complete the sentences.
| accuse · acquit · arrest · award · confess · charge · drop engage · fine · grant · imprison · plead · release seize · serve |
1. After six hours of questioning the accused man _____________.
2. The government _____________ an amnesty to all political prisoners.
3. Her boss _______ her of stealing $250.
4. The secret police _____________ him for six months in a high security jail.
5. We _______________ the best commercial lawyer we could find to represent us but we still lost the case.
6. The prisoner _______________ guilty to all charges.
7. On 12 August they _______________ him with murder.
8. The policeman stopped the car and ______________ the driver.
9. The president _____________ the opposition leader from prison.
10. The court ____________ him $2, 500 for obtaining money by false pretenses.
11. After consideration, the plaintiff ______________ the case against his neighbour.
12. The customs ____________ the shipment of books.
13. He __________ six months in a local prison.
14. The Crown Court _______________ the plaintiff $75, 000 in damages plus costs.
15. Two of the men were sent to prison, but the judge ______________ the third.
Task 5. A. There are three possible patterns for three-syllable words