Summaries: compressing through nominalisation
Writing · Summaries · C2 · 20 min. Condense clauses into noun phrases to make summaries shorter, denser and more formal.
About this worksheet
Condense clauses into noun phrases to make summaries shorter, denser and more formal.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Writing
- Topic
- Summaries
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Exercises
- Gap-fill, Word order, Matching
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Gap-fill: Complete the compressed version with a noun phrase (one to three words
- Word order: Put the words in order to make compressed summary sentences.
- Matching: Match each verb to its noun form for use in a summary.
