Nominalisation in academic writing: from speech to formal prose
Grammar · Nominalisation · C1 · 45 min. Turning verbs and clauses into noun phrases to make essay writing more formal, concise and academic.
About this worksheet
Turning verbs and clauses into noun phrases to make essay writing more formal, concise and academic.
- Level
- C1
- Category
- Grammar
- Topic
- Nominalisation
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- Matching, Gap-fill, True / False, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Matching: Match each verb to its noun form.
- Gap-fill: Key-word transformations. Rewrite each idea using the noun in capitals
- True / False: Read each statement about nominalisation. Write T (true) or F (false).
- Speaking / writing task: Rewrite these spoken-style sentences in an academic style, using nomin
- Writing lines: Write your academic version here.