Reported Speech + Ellipsis — Supply Chains in 2035: Three Expert Predictions
Grammar: Reported Speech
Free ESL grammar exercise on reported speech + ellipsis themed around supply chains in 2035: three expert predictions. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising reported speech. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Valentina Rossi predicted nearshoring would dominate. She warned that geopolitical risk had made just-in-time manufacturing dangerously fragile. Park claimed that dual sourcing was the practical answer — and so did several delegates.
Grammar: Reported Speech
- Reported speech
- She said geopolitical risk had made just-in-time fragile. — present → past perfect after past reporting verb
- Reporting verb
- He insisted that dual sourcing was the answer. — insist/claim/warn + that-clause
Sample items
- The analyst ______ that tariffs had pushed companies toward nearshoring.
- The CEO warned that the bottleneck ______ affect the quarterly figures.
- Diallo insisted that African ports ______ included in any new trade architecture.
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