This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Nominalization > Nominalization Of Verbs – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nominalization Of Verbs Quiz 1 (35 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens when there is a extra noun in your sentence? A) Nothing. B) You need a extra article to support it. C) You have to take it out. D) Delete the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You need a extra article to support it. 2. It usually refers to a famous person that has been temporarily beyond the arena and become popular again A) Breakup. B) Downfall. C) Outcome. D) Comeback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comeback. 3. Cell phones are a big ..... for drivers. A) DISTRACTED. B) DISTRACTING. C) DISTRACT. D) DISTRACTION. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DISTRACTION. 4. What is the definition of Nominalization? A) Convert a word or phase into a noun. B) Convert a word or phase into a verb. C) Convert a pronoun into a adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convert a word or phase into a noun. 5. They measured how wide the road was.They measured the ..... of the road. A) Wideness. B) Wide. C) Width. D) Widelity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Width. 6. Can nominalization make you look unexperienced? A) No!. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 7. Choose NOUN form for 'cultivate' A) Cultivation. B) Cultivated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultivation. 8. Which sentence contains a nominalized expression? A) The rapid increase in student numbers is causing concern at the University. B) Student numbers are increasing rapidly from year to year and the University is becoming concerned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rapid increase in student numbers is causing concern at the University. 9. Read the sentences below and identify which one contains a nominalised expression. A) The business report indicates that sales figures are down 10% on last month, which is worrying. B) The indication of the business report that sales figures are down 10% on last month is worrying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The indication of the business report that sales figures are down 10% on last month is worrying. 10. "The applicability of the law in this case is debatable" "applicability" is verb nominalization? True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Choose the correct meaning of just for the sentence:I remember playing "More Than Words" by Extreme, and everyone just freaked out! A) Simply. B) Exactly. C) Only. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simply. 12. Nominalization can be useful device for writers who have not themselves fully thought through the meaning of what they are writing A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Having financial problems doesn't ..... stealing. A) JUSTIFIABLE. B) JUST. C) JUSTIFY. D) JUSTIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) JUSTIFY. 14. I don't ..... why you're quitting such a great job. A) UNDERSTANDING. B) UNDERSTANDABLE. C) UNDERSTAND. D) UNDERSTOOD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) UNDERSTAND. 15. The bad news ..... me. A) SADDENED. B) SADNESS. C) SAD. D) SADLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SADDENED. 16. Which is NOT true about nominalization? A) Fewer verbs and more nouns per sentence than informal English. B) Use of abstract noun. C) Complex noun phrases as subjects of sentences. D) Used more in spoken and informal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Used more in spoken and informal language. 17. I don't understand the ..... of these statistics. A) SIGNIFICANTLY. B) SIGNIFICANT. C) SIGNIFY. D) SIGNIFICANCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SIGNIFICANCE. 18. The law shouldn't ..... between rich and poor people A) DIFFER. B) DIFFERENTIATE. C) DIFFERENCE. D) DIFFERENTLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DIFFERENTIATE. 19. Which one is a reason to avoid Nominalizations? A) Helps you look experienced. B) Causes run-on sentences. C) To many verbs. D) Increase the word count and length of writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase the word count and length of writing. 20. Identification ..... the processes that result in biological ..... (evolve) was one of the great scientific advances of the nineteenth century. A) In / evolutions. B) On / evolution. C) Of / evolutions. D) Of / evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of / evolution. 21. Choose the correct meaning of just for the sentence:Just my grandmother started playing it. A) Exactly. B) Recently. C) Only. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only. 22. "I need a change" Change is ..... A) Zero-derivation nominalization. B) Verb nominalization. C) Adjective nominalization. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zero-derivation nominalization. 23. She was so sick that she didn't have the ..... to get out of bed. A) STRENGTH. B) STRONG. C) STRONGLY. D) STRENGTHEN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STRENGTH. 24. Choose the option that has pairs NOT representing nominalisation of verbs. A) Elegant-elegance; applicable-applicability; intense-intensity. B) Diagnose-diagnosis; emphasise-emphasis; analyse-analysis. C) Summarise-summary; sympathise-sympathy; empathise-empathy. D) Demonstrate-demonstration; explore-exploration; identify-identification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegant-elegance; applicable-applicability; intense-intensity. 25. What is the first step in replacing Nominalization? A) Conjugate the verb. B) Find a equal verb phase. C) Identify the noun phase. D) Replace the noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identify the noun phase. 26. Choose the correct meaning of just for the sentence:My grandmother has just started playing it. A) Exactly. B) Recently. C) Only. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recently. 27. It's less easier to begin a sentence with a noun group than with a verb group A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. Pamela is very ..... of her books; she doesn't like to lend them out. A) PROTECT. B) PROTECTION. C) PTOTECTIVE. D) PROTECTING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PTOTECTIVE. 29. What moves your sentence or brings it to life? A) Noun. B) Writing about an interesting topic. C) Adding something funny. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 30. Identifying the verb equivalent is which step? A) 3rd. B) 2nd. C) 4th. D) 1st. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd. 31. She retired after a long, ..... career in marketing. A) SUCCESS. B) SUCCESSFUL. C) SUCCEED. D) SUCCESSFULLY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SUCCESSFUL. 32. Which is NOT nominalization of "achieve" A) Achievement. B) Achievable. C) Underachievement. D) Achiever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achievable. 33. What is the last step in replacing nominalizations? A) Remove it. B) Replace the noun phase. C) Conjugate the verb. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b and c. 34. Focus on the preposition after the nominalization.For a long period of time, there was no life on Earth. Then there was an extended period of only uni-cellular life, followed by a proliferation ..... multi-cellular life. A) About. B) With. C) Around. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of. 35. I have my doubts about the ..... of this internet connection. A) RELIABLE. B) RELIABLY. C) RELIABILITY. D) RELY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RELIABILITY. Related QuizzesWriting Style QuizzesGrammar QuizzesMastering Nominalisation In Writing QuizMastering Nominalization QuizNominal Group QuizNominalization Of Adjectives QuizNominalization Of Phrasal Verbs QuizNominalization QuizTurning Verbs And Adjectives Into Nouns QuizTurning Verbs Into Nouns Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books