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学術的な文体における名詞化

名前:日付:

動詞や形容詞を名詞に変えて、文章をより密度が高く、抽象的で、改まったものにします。

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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.

空所に入る語を入力しましょう。かっこ内の語は、答えのもとになる動詞または形容詞を示しています。

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) increasea marked の後には名詞が必要で、その名詞は前置詞 in を取ります：an increase in。
b) The flooding of the river cut the village off.原因と結果が元の順序のまま保たれているのは選択肢2だけです。洪水が原因で、孤立が結果です。
d) reliance名詞 reliance は前置詞 on を取ります。
c) awareness名詞 awareness は of を取り、ここでは不可算名詞です。
a) riseGive rise to は、「引き起こす」という意味の決まった句です。
c) expansion所有格と形容詞の後には名詞が必要です：rapid expansion。
d) response名詞 response の後には to が続きます。
b) The team revised the plan and put it into practice.2つ目の文は動詞を使っているので、行為者と行為が明確です。ほかの文は抽象名詞を積み重ねています。