Discourse markers & cohesion — Written in the Stars — or in the Algorithm?
Grammar: Discourse markers and cohesion devices
Free ESL grammar exercise on discourse markers & cohesion themed around written in the stars — or in the algorithm?. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on psychology, practising discourse markers and cohesion devices. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The persistence of astrology in an era of machine learning is not a failure of reason. It is, arguably, a symptom of what reason alone cannot provide. Yet the sociological reality is more interesting than the debunking.
Grammar: Discourse Markers
- Contrast marker
- Yet the sociological reality is more interesting than the debunking. — introduces a counterpoint that reframes the previous idea
- Concessive clause
- Whether the stars cause these patterns is a different question entirely. — brackets off a competing claim without resolving it
Sample items
- The app has millions of users. ______, scientists remain deeply sceptical.
- Astrology functions as a narrative. Data science, ______, offers probabilities.
- ______ Jung believed in astrology as prediction is debated by historians.
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