Complex noun phrases
Grammar · C2 · 10 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 45 minComplex noun phrases in science writing: a newly discovered speciesPre- and postmodification, compound adjectives and compressed noun phrases in science journalism.Free
- Sheet 2 · 50 minComplex noun phrases in academic economics: postmodificationBuilding long but accurate noun phrases with participle, prepositional and clausal postmodifiers in economics writing.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 30 minGrammar explained: complex noun phrasesFind the head noun, make the verb agree with it and build long noun phrases with pre- and postmodifiers.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 30 minGrammar explained: complex noun phrases – premodifiers and compoundsStacking information before the head noun: compound adjectives, noun + noun, participles and the order of adjectives.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 20 minComplex noun phrases: finding the head nounIdentify head nouns and their modifiers in a dense science news report.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minComplex noun phrases: packing information before the nounCompress clauses into compound pre-modifiers and put stacked adjectives in the right order.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 20 minComplex noun phrases: post-modifiers after the nounUse infinitives, participles, that-clauses and prepositions to add information after the head noun.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 20 minComplex noun phrases: nominalisation in academic styleTurn verb-based clauses into dense noun phrases typical of academic and journalistic writing.Premium
- Sheet 9 · 20 minComplex noun phrases: noun clauses and appositivesUse frames like the extent to which and the fact that, and add appositives to name and describe.Premium
- Sheet 10 · 20 minComplex noun phrases: unpacking dense proseAnalyze the structure of a dense paragraph on offices and housing, then rewrite part of it in plainer English.Premium