Hedging & Speculation — The Art of Seeing What Others Miss
Grammar: the language of speculation and hedging
Free ESL grammar exercise on hedging & speculation themed around the art of seeing what others miss. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on leadership, practising the language of speculation and hedging. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
What separates a prescient prediction from a lucky guess? The best predictors hold beliefs loosely — updating when evidence shifts rather than defending a position. They think in probabilities: not this will happen but this is more likely than most people assume.
Grammar
- Modal hedges
- Use could, might, may to signal possibility without claiming certainty. This could indicate a broader shift.
- Probability framing
- Frame predictions as likelihood comparisons. This is more likely than most analysts assume.
Sample items
- The shift in consumer behaviour ______ affect every company in this sector.
- There ______ a reasonable case to be made that remote work is here to stay.
- Demand for healthier products ______ to be growing across most markets.
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