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C2 Gramática

C2Estilo25 min

Nominalización en el estilo académico

Nominalisation in academic style

Convierte verbos y adjetivos en sustantivos para que la escritura sea más densa, más abstracta y más formal.

La Nominalisation (nominalización) consiste en expresar una acción o una cualidad como un sustantivo en lugar de como un verbo o un adjetivo. El inglés académico y profesional la usa para concentrar más información en menos oraciones, para centrar la atención en las ideas y no en las personas, y para enlazar oraciones convirtiendo la idea anterior en el sujeto de la siguiente.

Oración con un verbo o un adjetivoForma nominalizada
Prices rose sharply, which worried investors.The sharp rise in prices worried investors.
Because the river flooded, the village was isolated.The flooding of the river isolated the village.
Scientists disagree about the cause.There is disagreement among scientists about the cause.
People are more aware of the risks.Awareness of the risks has grown.
The system is reliable.The system's reliability is not in doubt.

Como los sustantivos no pueden expresar por sí solos el tiempo ni la lógica, las oraciones nominalizadas necesitan un verbo que enlace las ideas (verb that links the ideas): lead to, result in, give rise to, account for, contribute to, stem from. Las preposiciones también importan: decimos an increase in, a demand for, a reliance on, a response to, an awareness of, a reluctance to y a tendency to.

  • The company's rapid expansion worried investors.
  • A growing awareness of the risks has led firms to review their policies.
  • The new rules gave rise to a number of unexpected problems.
  • Reluctance to accept the findings was widespread.
  • The collapse of the talks came as no surprise.

Ejercicio 1 de 2

Elige la forma correcta

Elige la opción que completa correctamente cada oración.

  1. There has been a marked _____ in the number of people working from home.

  2. Which sentence expresses "Because the river flooded, the village was cut off" in a nominalised form?

  3. The government's _____ on imported fuel has fallen sharply.

  4. A growing _____ of the risks has led companies to review their policies.

  5. The new rules gave _____ to a number of unexpected problems.

  6. The company's rapid _____ worried investors.

  7. Our _____ to the new policy was slow.

  8. Which sentence would be clearest for a general reader?

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Ejercicio 2 de 2

Completa la oración

Escribe la palabra que falta. La palabra entre paréntesis muestra el verbo o el adjetivo del que procede la respuesta.

  1. The committee hesitated, and this delayed the project. → The committee's delayed the project. (hesitate)

  2. Prices rose too fast, which angered residents. → The rapid in prices angered residents. (rise)

  3. Scientists disagree about the cause. → There is among scientists about the cause. (disagree)

  4. The spread of misinformation has to a loss of public trust. (one word)

  5. Teachers must be able to adapt. → Teachers' is vital. (adaptable)

  6. Customers were loyal, so sales stayed steady. → Customer kept sales steady. (loyal)

  7. The increase demand for housing has pushed up rents.

  8. There is a widespread reluctance accept the findings.

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