Discourse Markers (Spoken) — The Art of the Perfect Audition
Grammar: Fixed expressions and discourse markers in professional spoken English
Free ESL grammar exercise on discourse markers (spoken) themed around the art of the perfect audition. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising fixed expressions and discourse markers in professional spoken english. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
What separates the prepared performer from the merely talented one is rarely the material itself. In other words, both may know the same repertoire. That said, the difference lies in what happens in the seconds before the music begins.
Grammar
- Framing a contrast
- That said, confidence alone rarely convinces a panel. — acknowledges previous point, then pivots
- Summarising
- In other words, preparation is the performance itself. — restates for clarity
Sample items
- ______, the candidate had strong qualifications, but her delivery lacked conviction.
- ______, the first eight seconds are more important than the first eight minutes.
- ______ here is not what you say, but how you enter the room.
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