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Nominalización en el estilo académico

Nombre:Fecha:

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

Elige la forma correcta

Elige la opción que completa correctamente cada oración.

There has been a marked ___ in the number of people working from home.
- a) increased
- b) increasingly
- c) increase
- d) increasing
Which sentence expresses "Because the river flooded, the village was cut off" in a nominalised form?
- a) The village's isolation caused the river to flood.
- b) The flooding of the river cut the village off.
- c) The flooding of the village cut the river off.
- d) The river's flooding was cut off by the village.
The government's ___ on imported fuel has fallen sharply.
- a) rely
- b) reliable
- c) reliably
- d) reliance
A growing ___ of the risks has led companies to review their policies.
- a) aware
- b) awarely
- c) awareness
- d) awarenesses
The new rules gave ___ to a number of unexpected problems.
- a) rise
- b) rose
- c) raise
- d) arise
The company's rapid ___ worried investors.
- a) expand
- b) expansive
- c) expansion
- d) expansively
Our ___ to the new policy was slow.
- a) responsive
- b) respond
- c) responsively
- d) response
Which sentence would be clearest for a general reader?
- a) The implementation of the adoption of the revision was carried out by the team.
- b) The team revised the plan and put it into practice.
- c) Revision adoption implementation by the team occurred.
- d) The occurrence of the team's revising took place.

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

The committee hesitated, and this delayed the project. → The committee's ___ delayed the project. (hesitate)
Prices rose too fast, which angered residents. → The rapid ___ in prices angered residents. (rise)
Scientists disagree about the cause. → There is ___ among scientists about the cause. (disagree)
The spread of misinformation has ___ to a loss of public trust. (one word)
Teachers must be able to adapt. → Teachers' ___ is vital. (adaptable)
Customers were loyal, so sales stayed steady. → Customer ___ kept sales steady. (loyal)
The increase ___ demand for housing has pushed up rents.
There is a widespread reluctance ___ accept the findings.

c) increaseDespués de a marked se necesita un sustantivo, y el sustantivo lleva la preposición in: an increase in.
b) The flooding of the river cut the village off.Solo la opción dos mantiene la causa y el efecto en el orden original: la inundación es la causa y el aislamiento es el resultado.
d) relianceEl sustantivo reliance lleva la preposición on.
c) awarenessEl sustantivo awareness lleva of y aquí es incontable.
a) riseGive rise to es una expresión fija que significa «causar».
c) expansionDespués del posesivo y un adjetivo se necesita un sustantivo: rapid expansion.
d) responseAl sustantivo response le sigue to.
b) The team revised the plan and put it into practice.La segunda oración usa verbos, así que se ven con claridad el agente y las acciones. Las demás acumulan sustantivos abstractos.

hesitation / hesitancyLa forma nominal de hesitate es hesitation; hesitancy también es correcto.
rise / increaseDecimos a rise in o an increase in prices.
disagreementLa forma nominal de disagree es disagreement.
led / contributedTanto led to como contributed to enlazan una causa con un efecto.
adaptabilityLa forma nominal de adaptable es adaptability.
loyaltyLa forma nominal de loyal es loyalty.
inDecimos an increase in demand.
toA reluctance le sigue to + infinitivo.