Nominalisation — The Price of Intelligence
Grammar: Passive Voice
Free ESL grammar exercise on nominalisation themed around the price of intelligence. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising passive voice. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The gap between implementation and documentation is not a technical problem. Boards approve budgets; CFOs sign off on allocation frameworks. All of it requires the precise vocabulary of formal business writing. Implement becomes implementation.
Grammar: Passive Voice
- Verb → noun
- The company decided to implement the system → The implementation of the system was approved. — verb becomes abstract noun
- Adjective → noun
- The process is efficient → The board noted the efficiency of the process. — adjective becomes abstract noun
Sample items
- The ______ of the AI system took longer than the board had anticipated.
- The finance team submitted a detailed ______ of the proposed budget increase.
- Improved ______ in the back-office reduced processing time by 30 percent.
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