Discourse Markers ESL Worksheets & Lesson Plans
72 printable ESL worksheets that practise discourse markers: 36 lesson plans and 36 grammar exercises, for Level 3 to Level 6 and Business English learners. Each lesson plan puts discourse markers into a short reading with vocabulary and discussion around it, and each grammar exercise is a one-page practice sheet on the same point. Topics include culture, business and work.
Discourse Markers lesson plans
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False Friends in the OfficeWork
Level 3💕Swipe Right, Move Out, Stay PutRelationships
Level 4🌍How Ireland Learned to SwipeCulture
Level 4📺The Language That Never Stands StillMedia
Level 4🌍From Grafton Street to the OscarsCulture
Level 4📺The Algorithm Knows What You WantMedia
Level 5🌍The Quiet Revolution in Irish PubsCulture
Level 5🌍The World's Most Surprising FestivalsCulture
Level 5🌍The Geography of MannersCulture
Level 5🏛️When Housing Fails, Fear WinsSociety
Level 5🧠Written in the Stars — or in the Algorithm?Psychology
Level 5🧠The Science of Why We JoinPsychology
Level 5💼The Myth of the Brilliant LonerWork
Level 5✈️The Island That Tried to Abolish TimeTravel
Level 6📺The Uncomfortable Legacy of a GeniusMedia
Level 6💰Who Picks Up the Tab?Money
Level 6💰When Money Gets Awkward Between FriendsMoney
Level 6💼The Shifting Shape of WorkWork
Level 6🧠The Courage to Be RefusedPsychology
Level 6💼The Art of the Brilliant ConversationWork
Level 6💼When the Algorithm Says NoBusiness
Level 6🌍The Living Room of Irish MusicCulture
Level 6🌍The Claw Machine Capital of AsiaCulture
Level 6📺The Weight of FameMedia
Level 6🌍Up in the Air at Dún LaoghaireCulture
Level 6🧠The Art of the Productive NoPsychology
Level 6💼Ireland's Beauty BoomBusiness
Business English💼AI Was Supposed to Destroy JobsBusiness
Business English💼When a Gopher Became G.O.D.Work
Business English💼The Billion-Dollar Mistakes That Paid OffBusiness
Business English🏛️Mariners Apartment ComplexSociety
Business English💻Hassabis Steps Back, AI Race Steps UpTechnology
Business English💼When the Interviewer Doesn't Back DownBusiness
Business English💰The Magnificent Seven Dials of the EconomyMoney
Business English💼The Strategic TravellerBusiness
Business English💼What France Can Teach You About WorkBusiness
Business EnglishDiscourse Markers exercises
Possibly / Eventually / Finally — False Friends in the OfficeWork
Level 3Discourse Markers — Swipe Right, Move Out, Stay PutRelationships
Level 4Discourse Markers — How Ireland Learned to SwipeCulture
Level 4Discourse Markers — The Language That Never Stands StillMedia
Level 4Discourse Markers — Linking Ideas ClearlyEducation
Level 4Discourse Markers — From Grafton Street to the OscarsCulture
Level 4Discourse Markers & Connectors — The Algorithm Knows What You WantMedia
Level 5Discourse Markers & Linkers — The Quiet Revolution in Irish PubsCulture
Level 5Discourse Markers & Clefts — The World's Most Surprising FestivalsCulture
Level 5Discourse Markers & Connectors — The Geography of MannersCulture
Level 5Discourse markers & cohesion — When Housing Fails, Fear WinsSociety
Level 5Discourse markers & cohesion — Written in the Stars — or in the Algorithm?Psychology
Level 5Cleft sentences & fronting — The Science of Why We JoinPsychology
Level 5Discourse markers & cohesion — The Myth of the Brilliant LonerWork
Level 5Contrast & concession connectors — The Uncomfortable Legacy of a GeniusMedia
Level 6Hedging & Discourse Markers — Who Picks Up the Tab?Money
Level 6Hedging & Discourse Markers — When Money Gets Awkward Between FriendsMoney
Level 6Discourse markers — The Shifting Shape of WorkWork
Level 6Discourse markers & connectors — The Courage to Be RefusedPsychology
Level 6Discourse Markers — The Art of the Brilliant ConversationWork
Level 6Contrast & Discourse Markers — When the Algorithm Says NoBusiness
Level 6Discourse markers & connectors — The Living Room of Irish MusicCulture
Level 6Discourse Markers — The Claw Machine Capital of AsiaCulture
Level 6Contrast & concession — The Weight of FameMedia
Level 6Discourse Markers & Connectors — Up in the Air at Dún LaoghaireCulture
Level 6Discourse markers & connectors — The Art of the Productive NoPsychology
Level 6Discourse Markers — Ireland's Beauty BoomBusiness
Business EnglishHedging & Discourse Markers — AI Was Supposed to Destroy JobsBusiness
Business EnglishDiscourse markers & connectors — When a Gopher Became G.O.D.Work
Business EnglishDiscourse Markers — The Billion-Dollar Mistakes That Paid OffBusiness
Business EnglishContrast & Concession Language — Mariners Apartment ComplexSociety
Business EnglishDiscourse markers — Hassabis Steps Back, AI Race Steps UpTechnology
Business EnglishContrast & Concession Language — When the Interviewer Doesn't Back DownBusiness
Business EnglishDiscourse markers — The Magnificent Seven Dials of the EconomyMoney
Business EnglishDiscourse markers — The Strategic TravellerBusiness
Business EnglishContrast & Discourse Markers — What France Can Teach You About WorkBusiness
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