Hedging & Discourse Markers — When Money Gets Awkward Between Friends
Grammar: Discourse markers and hedging language
Free ESL grammar exercise on hedging & discourse markers themed around when money gets awkward between friends. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL grammar exercise on money, practising discourse markers and hedging language. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
What all four writers agree on is that the discomfort is almost always worse than the conversation. Austin-Williams recommends raising money limits before dinner — I've got about thirty for tonight — so nobody is ambushed by the bill.
Grammar: Discourse Markers
- Attribution hedge
- Use it turns out or as X puts it to attribute a claim carefully without fully owning it.
- Fronted nominal clause
- What all four writers agree on is that silence costs more than the conversation. — emphasis through fronting
Sample items
- She never tips, and ______, that tells you something about how she thinks about fairness.
- ______ everyone understands, the round system is a contract nobody signed.
- The discomfort is ______ always worse than the actual conversation.
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