Nominalisation: synthesis — The Plain English Revolt
Grammar: Nominalisation
Free ESL grammar exercise on nominalisation: synthesis themed around the plain english revolt. 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
What Maher understood is that the choice between abstract grammar and plain speech is never merely aesthetic. The transformation of the government failed to act into the failure of governmental action to materialise is not stylistic refinement; it is the redistribution of accountability, the migration of agency from a named actor to a diffuse noun phrase that nobody can hold responsible.
Grammar: Nominalisation
- Nominalise for
- The implementation of the policy led to measurable improvements. — distance creates institutional weight
- De-nominalise for
- The government implemented the policy and results improved. — named actor, clear accountability
Sample items
- The ______ of a new policy requires cross-departmental cooperation.
- The committee noted the ______ of the minister to respond to written questions.
- The ______ of plain language across public institutions took almost two decades.
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