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Supply Chains in 2035: Three Expert Predictions
Grammar: Reported Speech
A Business English English lesson exploring business.
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A Business English ESL lesson on business, practising reported speech. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.
From the reading: Supply Chains in 2035: Three Expert Predictions
Three experts walked into a room. They disagreed about almost everything. That room was the World Trade Organization's annual supply chain forum in Geneva, held in March 2024. The topic was simple: where will global supply chains run in 2035? The answers were not.
Vocabulary
- contingency plan
- dual sourcing
- geopolitical risk
- strategic autonomy
Grammar: Reported Speech
- Reported speech
- She said geopolitical risk had made just-in-time fragile. — present → past perfect after past reporting verb
- Reporting verb
- He insisted that dual sourcing was the answer. — insist/claim/warn + that-clause
Discussion questions
- What will global trade look like in ten years?
- Will robots and AI make supply chains more or less local?
- How will climate change reshape where goods are made and shipped?
Supply Chains in 2035: Three Expert Predictions
Grammar: Reported Speech
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