/ is / to / of / six / she / them / has . speaks / Ruben / besides / German / languages / two . loan/apply/you/if/for/you/a/get/will/ immediately/it/ Nominalisation The term "nominalisation" refers to the process of producing a noun from another part of speech by adding a derivational affix. A grammatical expression is turned into a noun phrase when we nominalise a sentence.
For example, (A) After , trade with Europe grew . (Verb) (B) After , there was a growth in trade with Europe. (Noun) In sentence B, we have used the word ‘growth’ which is the noun form of the verb ‘grow’ by adding the suffix ‘th’. Nominalisation can be done in three different ways.
. We can add suffixes like -ment, -tion, -sion, -ness, -ation, -ity, -al to verbs and adjectives. Examples: admire – admiration arrive – arrival careless – carelessness fail – failure include – inclusion intense – intensity punish – punishment . Some words are turned into nouns without any adding suffix.
Examples: bleed – blood lose – loss prove – proof sell – sale speak – speech . Some words do not undergo any change when they are used as nouns. 10th - - Examples: attempt – attempt change – change control – control desire – desire escape – escape G. Write the noun forms of the following words.
. beautiful . breathe . enter .
know . deafen . zealous . familiar .
accept . dangerous More examples: We have learnt how we derive noun forms from verbs and adjectives. Now, let us transform complete sentences by converting verbs and adjectives into nouns. In this process, we nominalise them, without changing the meaning of the given sentences.
. He decided to turn down her request. He made a decision to turn down her request. .
The team members reviewed the matter. It helped them solve the problem. The review of the matter by the team members helped them solve the problem. H.
Complete the following sentences using the noun form of the words given in brackets