Discourse Markers Quiz

Which discourse marker is used for justifying opinions?

• That's a good question.

• For example,

• In other words…

• What do you mean by…?

Which discourse marker is appropriate for agreement?

• Absolutely!

• If you ask me

• To put it another way

• Let me see...

What is the correct discourse marker for buying time to answer questions?

• Definitely not.

• In addition

• Let me see...

• In other words...

What is the correct discourse marker for buying time to answer questions?

• What do you mean by…?

• However…

• That's a good question.

• To put it another way

Which discourse marker should be used for asking for clarification?

• What do you mean by…?

• If you ask me

• Overall...

• However...

What discourse marker is used for correcting and clarifying yourself?

• In other words…

• Let me see…

• In the end...

• Absolutely!

  or

  Definitely not!

What discourse marker is used for correcting and clarifying yourself?

• Clearly...

• That's a good question.

• To some extent

• To put it another way...

Which discourse marker is used to introduce a contrasting idea?

• On the other hand...

• For instance...

• Absolutely!

• Let me see...

What discourse marker is appropriate for summarizing a point?

• Overall...

• In addition...

• To put it another way...

• What do you mean by...?

Which discourse marker is used to express uncertainty?

• I'm not sure, but...

• Clearly...

• In conclusion...

• For example...