Derivation in Legal English EX 01.3

EX 01.3

1. The chairperson made a mistake by not accepting the votes of the members who were absent. He forgot that the _____________________ (constitute) allows members to vote by via video conferencing or by proxy.
2. It was embarrassing when he only mentioned the death of the former secretary only after the _____________________ (adjourn) of the meeting.
3. The members were angry because the chairperson did not follow the procedure for _____________________ (convene) meetings.
4. When the solicitor advised the company to register with a good _____________________ (insure) company, many thought it was an expensive venture. Now, look at the consequences.
5. The lawyers reminded the panelist that pensions are an_____________________ (entitle), and not a gift the institution was giving to the retired workers.
6. When the list was put up, James discovered that he was the only _____________________ (benefit) from the personnel department to receive 100,000 FCFA.
7. When the company received the judgement, they could not believe they would be paying _____________________ (damage) amounting to £2m.
8. When Jonathan and James came back from India, they said they doubted the _____________________ (sincere) of the representatives of the foreign company.
9. What _____________________ (concede) did the company make to allow us reach a consensus last week?
10. Is anyone to be reminded that voting for the election of a leader in this company  is supposed to be something_____________________ (confident)? 

Homonyms (4)

Fill in the blank spaces below with the right word chosen from the homonyms provided.

1. He spoke in a _________________ (hoarse/horse) voice and said that he had caught a cold.
2. If you ask my opinion, I would say the _________________ (whole/hole) thing was a charade.
3. It was a _________________ (holey/wholly/holy) cave and you could see animals going in and out randomly.
4. He came here with a journal he had worked an _________________ (our/hour) earlier.
5. I should like to let you_________________ (no/know) that there is more to being a manager than spinning in a chair and giving orders!
6. I should like to take a German _________________ (lessen/lesson) each week to improve on my linguistic skills.
7. You don’t have to send me in such bossy manner as if I were your _________________ (made/maid)
8. Do you know that much_________________ (meet/meat) gives gout?
9. When her saw the _________________ (oar/ore/or), he had the feeling that it would be easier to swindle away a lot of things from the company
10. He has become so _________________ (pail/pale) just after two months. I hope he will be able to work till the end of the term.
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Homonyms (03)

Fill in the blank spaces below with the right word chosen from the homonyms provided.

1. Please, can you tell me the _________________ (wait/weight) of the baby madam?
2. Yes, but I think the nurse should _________________ (way/weigh) him again. He might have lost weight.
3. He claimed that he had waited for a whole _________________ (weak/week) before the mail came.
4. Were they comparing the _________________ (weather/whether) of Yaoundé to that of Buea?
5. He wanted to know_________________ (witch/which) client should be supplied the limited products first.
6. _________________ (you’re/your) doing your best, but I think it is not enough, the supervisor barked.
7. Asked the delegates to take a lift to the second _________________ (storey/story) please
8. She enjoyed her_________________ (rain/rein/reign) as queen, didn’t she?
9. What betrayed his company is the poor _________________ (led/lead) used in all the electrical appliances. 
10. The Mau Mau revolt in Kenya involved _________________ (guerrilla/gorilla) warfare

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Homonyms (02)

Fill in the blank spaces below with the right word chosen from the homonyms provided.

                 1.            He asked his younger brother not to __________________ (cell/sell) both cars.

                 2.            When you have many items to deal with, it is wise to give each of them a __________________ (cereal/ serial) number.

                 3.            There are basic ­ __________________ (chords/cords) one must know if they are good at the guitar.

                 4.            I will continue to work hard because of the teacher’s ______________________ (complement / compliment).

                 5.            He said that our decision wasn’t ­ _________________ (fair, fare). But we rather wanted to be just.

                 6.            I have sold him a mansion with two terraces and beautiful __________________ (flours/flowers) everywhere.

                 7.            You must come to the __________________ (four/for/fore) with your ideas; else you may never really convince anyone.

                 8.            He went __________________ (forth/fourth) to insult the manager, knowing that his dismissal was at hand.

                 9.            His injury was beginning to __________________ (heel/heal) when he was involved in another fatal accident.

            10.            __________________ (High/Hi), what are you doing here all alone?

                

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