Discourse Markers — The Claw Machine Capital of Asia
Grammar: Discourse markers and connectors
Free ESL grammar exercise on discourse markers themed around the claw machine capital of asia. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL grammar exercise on culture, practising discourse markers and connectors. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The appeal cuts across age and income. Nevertheless, tensions are building. Parco once spent HK$4,000 working floor by floor through the Dragon Centre. He is consequently critical of operators who, he alleges, deliberately reduced winning odds.
Grammar: Discourse Markers
- Additive (spoken)
- Use moreover / furthermore to add a point that reinforces what came before. She owns a machine; furthermore, she teaches others to play.
- Concessive (written)
- Use nevertheless / despite this to signal that a second fact surprises us given the first. Complaints rose sharply; nevertheless, the venues kept opening.
Sample items
- Claw machines are entertaining; ______, they can become addictive.
- ______ the surge in complaints, no formal regulations exist yet.
- The machines are unregulated; ______, operators can alter settings freely.
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