Discourse markers & cohesion — When Housing Fails, Fear Wins
Grammar: Discourse markers and cohesion devices
Free ESL grammar exercise on discourse markers & cohesion themed around when housing fails, fear wins. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on society, practising discourse markers and cohesion devices. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Ireland's housing statistics are striking. In 1991, nearly 80% of households owned their home. Today, that figure has fallen to 66%. What is more, fewer than one in three thirty-year-olds now own property.
Grammar: Discourse Markers
- Additive: moreover
- Adds a stronger supporting point. Rents rose sharply. Moreover, evictions increased significantly.
- Concession
- Acknowledges a point, then contrasts it. Wages grew; nevertheless, buyers were priced out.
Sample items
- Rents climbed by 90%. ______, wages only rose by 27% in the same period.
- ______ the rent cap, prices in Dublin continued to rise sharply.
- The eviction ban lapsed in 2023. ______, thousands of notices were immediately issued.
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