Nominalisation Practice

Nominalisation Practice Exercise

1. The errors in the sentence were removed, which made it look much better.

Tips:

• Start your new sentence with the verb in red (nominalise it)
• Don't use the relative pronoun (which) in your new sentence 
• If you want to make your sentence even shorter, try reducing 'errors in the sentence'
• You'll need to add the preposition 'of'

2. Wealth is distributed around the world very unfairly.

Tips:

• You'll have to move 'is' to somewhere else
• You'll need to change the word form of 'unfairly'
• You'll need to add in a preposition somewhere!
• 'wealth around the world' can be shortened if you want

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3. The number of people consuming fast food increased significantly in 2005.

Tips:

• Start your sentence with 'There was a...'
• The preposition 'in' will need to be added somewhere

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4. The government decided that taxes should increase by 15%. This caused concern amongst the population.

Tips:

• Start your sentence with 'The government's...'
• Make the two sentences into one - think about what the new main verb will be and where it will need to go

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5. I analysed the data and it showed that uptake of the drug had increased.

Tips:

• In this one try nominalising both the verbs
• You'll be making this sentence less personal and more objective
• The sentence you'll end up with will be one clause instead of two
• Two prepositions and two articles will need to be added

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