De-nominalisation — The Grammar of Rage
Grammar: Nominalisation
Free ESL grammar exercise on de-nominalisation themed around the grammar of rage. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL grammar exercise on society, practising nominalisation. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
When a government speaks of the termination of employment, someone got fired. When a corporation announces a restructuring of operational capacity, someone lost their job.
Grammar: Nominalisation
- De-nominalisation
- The termination of employment occurred. → The company fired her. — restores agent and action
- Rhetorical distance
- A restructuring of operational capacity was announced. — abstraction removes who did what to whom
Sample items
- The government's ______ of the new tax rules confused most citizens.
- ______ of vested interests in media ownership is rarely discussed openly.
- XR's writers deliberately avoided ______ in favour of raw, accusatory verbs.
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