Learn · Sentences Business English: Presentations, Proposals, Networking, Negotiating, Meetings

Would you like to start the meeting now?

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Sentence

Narrator

Would you like to start the meeting now?

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Formal Setting

Shall we commence the meeting at this time?

Informal Setting

Ready to get started with the meeting?

Checking Availability

Is everyone available to begin the meeting now?

Offering an Option

We could start the meeting now, or wait a few minutes.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Are you prepared to begin the meeting?

Informal

Let's start the meeting, shall we?

Simpler English

Should we begin the meeting?

Phrases to learn

start the meeting

To begin a formal gathering or discussion.

Would you like to

A polite way of offering a choice or suggestion.