Cause and Effect Language — The Season That Moves Markets
Grammar: language of cause and effect
Free ESL grammar exercise on cause and effect language themed around the season that moves markets. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising language of cause and effect. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
As daylight shortens, serotonin production drops and melatonin rises, nudging populations toward caution. This leads to a measurable deceleration in consumer spending. As a result of this shift, companies in discretionary sectors adjust their Q4 models accordingly.
Grammar: Cause and Effect Language
- As / When
- Use as or when when one change triggers another at the same time. As daylight shortens, spending falls.
- Lead to / Result in
- Both take a noun or gerund, not a clause. Lower confidence leads to reduced investment. The shift results in a spending slowdown.
Sample items
- ______ the autumn equinox, daylight hours fall below twelve.
- Falling serotonin levels ______ investors to act more cautiously.
- Shorter days ______ a drop in consumer confidence across the Northern Hemisphere.
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