Nominalisation and impersonal passive — The Slide Nobody Understood
Grammar: BE-5
Free ESL grammar exercise on nominalisation and impersonal passive themed around the slide nobody understood. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising be-5. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The warning was downplayed. The recommendation was reversed, and the launch was approved. The commission criticised the poor flow of information.
Grammar
- Nominalisation
- We decided quickly. → The decision was quick. — verb becomes noun
- Impersonal passive
- The launch was approved. — agent hidden, tone objective
Sample items
- The ______ of the new safety procedures was slow. (implement)
- The warning ______ ignored by senior managers. (be)
- It ______ reported that the data was incomplete. (be)
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