Nominalisation: when to use verbs instead
Grammar · Nominalisation · C2 · 20 min. Replace heavy noun phrases with clear verbs and decide when nominalisation helps and when it hides meaning.
About this worksheet
Replace heavy noun phrases with clear verbs and decide when nominalisation helps and when it hides meaning.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Grammar
- Topic
- Nominalisation
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Exercises
- Gap-fill, True / False, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Gap-fill: Rewrite each sentence more clearly. Write ONE verb in the gap.
- True / False: True or false? Decide about each statement on style.
- Speaking / writing task: Rewrite this sentence from an office memo in plain English, using verb
- Writing lines: Write here.
