Discourse Markers & Connectors — The Algorithm Knows What You Want
Grammar: Discourse markers & connectors
Free ESL grammar exercise on discourse markers & connectors themed around the algorithm knows what you want. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on media, practising discourse markers & connectors. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The consequences have been profound, though not always in the ways critics predicted. On one hand, streaming platforms have made extraordinary breadth of content available. Yet the same systems that open doors also close them.
Grammar: Discourse Markers
- Contrast
- Use nevertheless or even so to introduce a point that surprises given what came before. The platform is free; nevertheless, it limits real choice.
- Result
- Use consequently or as a result to signal a logical outcome. Income fell; consequently, fewer mid-tier artists can survive.
Sample items
- Streaming expanded global access; ______, it also narrowed daily listening habits.
- The algorithm promotes familiar content; ______, most users never discover anything new.
- Netflix buries non-promoted titles; ______, regional films rarely reach wide audiences.
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