Perfect vs Simple; Continuous vs Simple — Words That Move Markets
Grammar: Embedded Questions
Free ESL grammar exercise on perfect vs simple; continuous vs simple themed around words that move markets. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising embedded questions. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
In October 2023, the IMF published a sentence that moved bond markets: "Global growth has slowed to 3.0 percent." The present perfect has slowed anchors the past event in the present.
Grammar: Embedded Questions
- Present perfect
- Global growth has slowed to 3.0 percent. — past event still affecting now
- Past simple — closed
- The fund raised its forecast in April 2022. — completed, no current link implied
Sample items
- The IMF ______ its forecast three times since January, and markets remain volatile.
- The World Bank ______ its annual report at a press conference in Washington last April.
- Several emerging economies ______ the transition to renewable energy faster than analysts expected.
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