Discourse markers & connectors — The Bear Necessities of Global Business
Grammar: discourse markers and connectors for business analysis
Free ESL grammar exercise on discourse markers & connectors themed around the bear necessities of global business. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising discourse markers and connectors for business analysis. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The company's growth story is less about advertising genius than about supply chain stubbornness. However, it also exposes Haribo to commodity risk. Consequently, the company quietly reformulated several product lines.
Grammar
- Contrast: however
- Placed after a semicolon or at the start of a new sentence. The plant was costly. However, margins improved within two years.
- Result: consequently
- Shows a logical outcome. Gelatine prices rose; consequently, the team reformulated the product line.
Sample items
- The Wisconsin plant took seven years to build; ______, it is now essential to US growth.
- Haribo maintains gelatine contracts. ______, it sources orange peel from Spain directly.
- The tagline is over 40 years old. ______, it still outperforms newer campaigns in recall tests.
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