Grahame (meeting chairperson) will make guiding statements and give directions in order to effectively conduct the meeting. His statements and directions can be categorized into four functions, which are:

1. Greet the participants / start the meeting;
2. State meeting objectives;
3. Keep the meeting on track / stop interruptions;
4. Concluding the meeting.

Listen to the extract, and write the number of the corresponding function beside each statement or direction. Click to start listening.
i. ... we'll discuss your point ... has some specific dates in mind.
ii. ... good ... you both could make it
iii. ... well, I think we're just about ... at the same time
iv. ... I've called this meeting for ... to decide the dates of our summer English camp, ... to decide the location, to get some sort of preliminary schedule of events
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