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⏱️ Suggested Time: 12 Mins

📋 Teacher Guide

Lesson Delivery: Allocate 12 minutes to guide students through turning actions into abstract nouns to build concise arguments.

Answer Review: Encourage learners to check instant feedback keys below each question to explain why the nominal form works best.

🎯 Learner Guide

Core Strategy: Study the 4 rules in the summary table before tackling the exercises to spot verb-to-noun patterns.

Practice Step: Solve the 12 challenges step-by-step from sentence selection to fixing errors in everyday work messages.

1. Which sentence expresses the idea most naturally and formally using a noun? (noun)

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____ a. Companies innovate constantly, and this helps the workforce stay competitive. ____ b. Continuous innovation allows the modern workforce to stay competitive. ____ c. Because of innovate continuously, the workforce stays competitive.

2. Which sentence converts the adjective 'precarious' into an effective subject? (noun)

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____ a. The precariousness of contract work has caused deep anxiety across the workforce. ____ b. Precarious of contract work is causing deep anxiety across the workforce. ____ c. That work is precarious has caused deep anxiety across the workforce.

3. Choose the option that uses a noun phrase to describe the action of sending jobs abroad: (noun)

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____ a. The company outsourced manufacturing, which reduced labor costs quickly. ____ b. The outsourcing of manufacturing has reshaped the domestic workforce. ____ c. Outsourced of manufacturing is what reshaped the domestic workforce.

4. Turn the verb 'automate' into a subject noun to complete the formal rewrite:

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Original: "Because companies automate tasks, productivity rises."

The ____ (noun) of tasks has driven higher productivity across industries.

Type the exact single noun in the box above.

5. Turn the verb 'stagnated' into a noun to create a concise subject:

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Original: "The economy stagnated for years, which worried the government."

Years of economic ____ (noun) have raised serious concerns for the government.

Type the exact single noun in the box above.

6. Nominalise 'displaced' to start the sentence with a direct noun phrase:

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Original: "Factories displaced workers, and that caused high redundancy rates."

The ____ (noun) of factory workers resulted in high redundancy rates.

Type the exact single noun in the box above.

7. Complete the labor policy report with the noun form of retrain:

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8. Supply the noun form of the adjective redundant:

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9. Provide the noun derived from stagnate to complete the macroeconomics briefing:

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10. Alex used a bare verb instead of a noun. Correct the error:

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Alex • 09:14 AM "Hey mate, did you hear the news? The displace of staff happened yesterday at headquarters. Everyone is so stressed!"

Write the correct noun to replace 'displace': ____ (noun)

11. Maya used an adjective as a grammatical subject. Correct the error:

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Maya • 11:32 AM "Honestly, the precarious of gig-economy work is getting unbearable. Nobody has a stable contract anymore!"

Write the correct noun to replace 'precarious': ____ (noun)

12. Sam used an incorrect verb form in an article summary. Correct the error:

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Sam • 03:45 PM "I just finished reading that report. The outsource of tech support jobs to overseas teams has really unsettled our local workforce."

Write the correct noun form to replace 'outsource': ____ (noun)