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Nominalizzazione nello stile accademico

Nome:Data:

Trasforma verbi e aggettivi in nomi per rendere la scrittura più densa, più astratta e più formale.

Scegli la forma corretta

Scegli l'opzione che completa correttamente ogni frase.

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.

Scrivi la parola mancante. La parola tra parentesi indica il verbo o l'aggettivo da cui deriva la risposta.

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) increaseDopo a marked serve un nome, e il nome prende la preposizione in: an increase in.
b) The flooding of the river cut the village off.Solo la seconda opzione mantiene la causa e l'effetto nell'ordine originale: l'alluvione è la causa e l'isolamento è il risultato.
d) relianceIl nome reliance prende la preposizione on.
c) awarenessIl nome awareness prende of ed è non numerabile in questo caso.
a) riseGive rise to è un'espressione fissa che significa "causare".
c) expansionDopo il possessivo e un aggettivo serve un nome: rapid expansion.
d) responseIl nome response è seguito da to.
b) The team revised the plan and put it into practice.La seconda frase usa verbi, quindi chi agisce e le azioni sono chiari. Le altre accumulano nomi astratti.

hesitation / hesitancyIl nome corrispondente a hesitate è hesitation; anche hesitancy è corretto.
rise / increaseSi dice a rise in o an increase in prices.
disagreementIl nome corrispondente a disagree è disagreement.
led / contributedLed to e contributed to collegano entrambi una causa a un effetto.
adaptabilityIl nome corrispondente a adaptable è adaptability.
loyaltyIl nome corrispondente a loyal è loyalty.
inSi dice an increase in demand.
toReluctance è seguito da to + infinito.