Formal spoken grammar — Fresh Thinking: How Modern Supermarkets Compete
Grammar: Formal spoken grammar: framing, hedging, and discourse markers in professional presentations an
Free ESL grammar exercise on formal spoken grammar themed around fresh thinking: how modern supermarkets compete. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising formal spoken grammar: framing, hedging, and discourse markers in professional presentations an. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The strategic question facing fresh-format retailers today is not whether technology will transform the sector — it already has — but which combination of physical experience and digital efficiency will define the winning model.
Grammar
- Framing a presentation
- Use 'I'd like to begin by + gerund' to open a section cleanly. I'd like to begin by reviewing the margin data. Signals structure and authority.
- Hedging in meetings
- Use 'It could be argued that' to soften a strong position. It could be argued that fresh-format stores carry too much risk. Avoids direct confrontation.
Sample items
- ______ begin by looking at the global grocery market size.
- It ______ that shrinkage is the most underestimated cost in fresh retail.
- ______ the high labour costs, Whole Foods Market continues to expand its fresh counters.
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