Nominalisation — Words That Hide the Guilty
Grammar: Nominalisation
Free ESL grammar exercise on nominalisation themed around words that hide the guilty. 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
A 2019 analysis of UK government press releases found that nominalisations appeared at three times the rate of comparable private-sector communications.
Grammar: Nominalisation
- What nominalisation is
- The reduction of costs began last year. — a verb or adjective converted into a noun phrase
- Agency disappears
- The failure occurred in Q3. — no subject acts; the noun phrase replaces who failed
Sample items
- The board announced the ______ of its chief executive with immediate effect.
- The report attributed the problem to the ______ of proper financial controls.
- There was widespread ______ at the wording of the official statement.
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