Nominalisation + Passive — The Science of Sounding Smart
Grammar: Passive Voice
Free ESL grammar exercise on nominalisation + passive themed around the science of sounding smart. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on science, practising passive voice. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The migration of scientific vocabulary into business and politics is not new. What is new is the scale of the deployment of language borrowed from research contexts to lend authority to claims that would not survive actual scrutiny.
Grammar: Passive Voice
- Nominalisation +
- A stabilisation of output was observed after the change. — verb + noun compressed into formal report register
- Double condensation
- The deterioration of assumptions was accelerated by new findings. — agent removed; noun phrase carries the idea
Sample items
- A significant ______ of consumer confidence was observed following the product recall.
- The ______ of a new evidence-based policy framework was announced at the press conference.
- An ______ in error rates was noted following the implementation of the training programme.
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