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Exercise 1. Vocabulary: distinguishing meaning

Which word in each group is the odd one out? You may need to consult a dictionary to distinguish the differences in meaning.

1. to rent to lease to license to let
2. lessee grantee heir tenant
3. to fulfil to comply with to set forth to satisfy
4. capability opportunity competence ability

 

Exercise 2. Word formation

Complete this table by filling in the correct adjectival form of the nouns listed. Underline the stressed syllable in each word with more than one syllable.

Noun Adjective
statute statutory
reason  
negligence  
capability  
inheritance  
prospect  
necessity  
safety  

 

Exercise 3. Vocabulary: completing clauses

Complete the clauses below from a tenancy agreement using the words in the box.

deemed; harmless; herein; liable; Lessee; Premises; quietly; reasonable; rules; thereon

1. inspection of premises. Lessor and Lessor's agents shall have the right at all reasonable times during the term of this Agreement to enter the ….. for the purpose of inspecting the Premises and all buildings and improvements ….. and also for the purposes of making any repairs, additions or alterations as may be ….. appropriate by Lessor for the preservation of the Premises or the building.

2. indemnification. Lessor shall not be ….. for any damage or injury of or to the Lessee. Lessee's family, guests, invitees, agents or employees or to any person entering the Premises or the building of which the Premises are a part or to goods or equipment or in the structure or equipment of the structure of which the Premises are a part, and ….. hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Lessor ….. from any and all claims or assertions of every kind and nature.

3. quiet enjoyment. Lessee, upon payment of all of the sums referred to ..... as being payable by Lessee and Lessee's performance of all Lessee's agreements contained herein and Lessee's observance of all ….. and regulations, shall and may peacefully and ….. have, hold and enjoy said Premises for the term hereof.

 

Exercise 4. Verb tenses: past simple or present perfect

Choose the correct verb form for each of these sentences.

1. Our lawyers represented / have represented landlords, property owners, developers and tenants in a wide range of real-estate and real-estate financing litigation.

2. Last month, our firm won / has won an important suit involving property owner and occupier liability.

3. In the past ten years, the attorneys in our firm handled / have handled a large number of landlord/tenant disputes.

4. Since it was founded, our firm advised / has advised clients on the full range of property issues.



5. In the year 2004, the real-estate department of our firm was involved / has been involved in a successful civil lawsuit concerning a large commercial development.

 

Exercise 5. Collocations

Match the nouns in the box with the verbs below which they commonly collocate with. Some of the nouns collocate with more than one verb. Consult a dictionary if necessary.

contract; lease; premises; regulation; requirement; site; statute; tenancy

1. abandon:

2. comply with: contract

3. terminate: contract

 

Exercise 6. Sentence completion

Complete these sentences using a suitable verb from the list in Exercise 5. Some verbs are needed more than once.

1. The fact that tenants abandon the premises will not normally relieve them from the duty to pay rent.

2. The security deposit will be refunded if you ….. the lease.

3. The agreement contains a provision allowing the landlord to ….. the tenancy within six months of the beginning of the tenancy.

4. In the case of the non-payment of rent by the tenant, the landlord has the power to ….. the lease.

5. A lease which does not ….. the aforementioned requirements is wholly void.

 

Exercise 7. Adjective or adverb?

Choose the correct options to complete this text, in which a lawyer explains what quiet enjoyment means to a client.

A covenant for quiet enjoyment is 1) normal / normally contained in any 2) good- / well- drafted lease. The term "quiet enjoyment" refers to the right of a tenant to use and enjoy a property and not be interrupted by an act of the landlord. It doesn't 3) actual / actually refer to noise, as you might think. For example, there are 4) specific / specifically things a landlord may not do, such as 5) continual / continually obstruct access to the premises. He is also not permitted to cut off or 6) persistent / persistently interrupt the gas or electricity supply. However, a 7) temporary / temporarily inconvenience does not qualify as breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment, and so a landlord is permitted to carry out 8) essential / essentially repairs, for example.

 


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