Hedging & Discourse Markers — AI Was Supposed to Destroy Jobs
Grammar: Discourse markers and hedging language
Free ESL grammar exercise on hedging & discourse markers themed around ai was supposed to destroy jobs. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising discourse markers and hedging language. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
A Stanford Institute analysis found that unemployment among the most AI-exposed workers rose by just 0.77 percentage points — actually less than the rise among the least-exposed workers. Despite bold predictions, the data looks stable.
Grammar: Discourse Markers
- Hedging with modals
- Use could, may, might to signal uncertainty. AI could shift more roles to freelance work over the coming decade.
- Concession markers
- Use despite, notwithstanding, in spite of + noun phrase. Despite bold predictions, unemployment has remained largely stable.
Sample items
- ______ the alarming forecasts from tech CEOs, unemployment in AI-exposed sectors has remained stable.
- ______ ZipRecruiter, 74% of employers now consider AI skills a strong advantage for any candidate.
- AI ______ accelerate the shift to freelance and contract work over the next decade.
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