Tense System + Embedded Qs

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

The genre has never disappeared. Every January, the World Economic Forum publishes its Global Risks Report. Analysts debate whether elite consensus still shapes public opinion. It has topped every major risk index for three consecutive years.

Grammar Reference · Tense System + Embedded Qs

Present perfect vs

The WEF has published this report since 1979. — ongoing relevance, not a finished story

Embedded question form

Analysts debate whether elite consensus still shapes public opinion. — statement word order after whether/what/how

Hedged embedded

It is unclear what the next tipping point will be. — formal softening device in reports and briefings

Common error

I wonder what does the report mean. ✗ → I wonder what the report means. ✓ — no

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Tense System + Embedded Qs

1.The IMF its World Economic Outlook twice a year since 1980.

2.Delegates asked the new framework would replace the existing one.

3.The report a tipping point in public confidence when it was released last spring.

4.It is still unclear the structural shift in supply chains began.

5.Volatility in emerging markets every quarterly forecast for the past two years.

6.The board needs to understand systemic risk affects their core operations.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.What does the Global Risks Report actually measure?

2.Did Churchill intend the phrase as propaganda?

3.Where will the next tipping point occur?

4.How has multipolarity changed diplomatic posture?

5.Why have think tanks expanded so rapidly since 2010?

6.When did geopolitical fragmentation become the dominant risk?

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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