This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Nominalization > Nominalization – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nominalization Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... to the UK for a tour this summer will be very welcome news for the UK music scene. A) She will return. B) She returned. C) Her return. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her return. 2. ..... is a way to connect elements of a phrase when a certain element is enclosed between two parts of another element. A) Adjoinment. B) Agreement. C) Enclosure. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enclosure. 3. Nominalize the adjective:Brave A) Bravitude. B) Bravery. C) Bravement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bravery. 4. Identify the nominalized form of the verb 'determine'. A) Determineable. B) Determining. C) Determined. D) Determination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determination. 5. ..... to sing the best known songs at the end provided a fantastic ending to the show. A) She decided. B) She was deciding. C) Her decision. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her decision. 6. What is the nominalization of the adjective 'flexible'? A) Flexiblize. B) Flexibility. C) Flexiblity. D) Flexibleness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexibility. 7. What is the nominalized form of the verb 'observe'? A) Observer. B) Observation. C) Observing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observation. 8. Which sentence uses nominalization? A) Engineers study how leaves work. B) The structure of leaves inspires solar cell design. C) Leaves are green and flat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The structure of leaves inspires solar cell design. 9. What is the purpose of nominalization in academic writing? A) To make writing more casual. B) To focus on actions and emotions. C) To express ideas more formally and abstractly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To express ideas more formally and abstractly. 10. Identify the nominalization in this sentence:'The transformation of the train's design improved its speed.' A) Train. B) Transformation. C) Speed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transformation. 11. Choose the sentence that avoids nominalization: A) The replication of nature's processes leads to innovation. B) Scientists replicate nature's processes to innovate. C) Innovation is the result of replication. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientists replicate nature's processes to innovate. 12. Which of the following sentences contains a nominalization? A) The engineers observed the butterfly wings. B) The observation of butterfly wings led to a new windshield design. C) Butterfly wings are colorful and delicate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The observation of butterfly wings led to a new windshield design. 13. What is the nominalized form of the verb 'create'? A) Creation. B) Creative. C) Creating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creation. 14. Which word is a nominalization derived from the adjective 'efficient'? A) Efficiency. B) Efficiently. C) Effort. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Efficiency. 15. In the sentence 'Biomimicry looks to the natural world for solutions to human challenges, ' what is the nominalization? A) Natural. B) Challenges. C) Solutions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solutions. 16. 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) Of. B) About. C) With. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 17. "less" and "least" can be used in both count and mass nouns, but rarely found in formal written English. True or False? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 18. For each original sentence, choose the option that best transforms the highlighted clause into a noun phrase, making the sentence more concise and formal.Original:The council wants to develop the city center. A) The council wants city center development. B) The council wants the development of the city center. C) The council wants to undertake city center development. D) The council wants a development of the city center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The council wants the development of the city center. 19. The ones from the closet (cajas) A) Las unas del armario. B) Las cajas del armario. C) Los del armario. D) Las del armario. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Las del armario. 20. Which transformation method substitutes a verbal phrase with a prepositional-nominal phrase in translation? A) Replacing a sentence with an appositive or a subject-less construction. B) Replacing a simple or complex verbal predicate with a complex nominal predicate. C) Replacing a verbal expansion with a noun object. D) Replacing a verbal phrase with a direct object expressed by a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Replacing a verbal phrase with a direct object expressed by a noun. 21. For each original sentence, choose the option that best transforms the highlighted clause into a noun phrase, making the sentence more concise and formal.Original:The evidence suggests that the theory is correct. A) The evidence suggests the correctness of the theory. B) The evidence supports the theory's correctness. C) The evidence points to the theory's correctness. D) The evidence supports the correctness of the theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The evidence supports the theory's correctness. 22. ..... involves putting systems in place to make something safer. A) Product manufacturing. B) Risk reduction. C) Flood mapping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk reduction. 23. On realising that she did not complete her art assignment, Shirley gasped. A) Shirley gasped at the realising that she did not complete her art assignment. B) Shirley gasped at the realising she did not complete her art assignment. C) Shirley gasped at the realisation that she did not complete her art assignment. D) Shirley gasped at the realisation she did not complete her art assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shirley gasped at the realisation that she did not complete her art assignment. 24. Ivan was forgetful. He did not bring his pencil case to school again. A) As a result of Ivan's forgetfulness, he did not bring his pencil case to school again. B) As a result of Ivan's forgetfulness, Ivan did not bring his pencil case to school again. C) As a result of his forgetfulness, he did not bring his pencil case to school again. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As a result of Ivan's forgetfulness, he did not bring his pencil case to school again. 25. In the sentence "An advocate of more merciful surgery, he abstains from the then-common practice of early amputation, " what transformation is exemplified in the translation? A) Replacing a simple or complex verbal predicate with a complex nominal predicate. B) Replacing a verbal phrase with a direct object expressed by a noun. C) Replacing a verbal expansion with a noun object. D) Replacing a verbal phrase with a prepositional-nominal phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Replacing a verbal phrase with a direct object expressed by a noun. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWriting Style QuizzesGrammar QuizzesNominalization Quiz 1Nominalization Quiz 2Nominalization Quiz 3Nominalization Quiz 5Nominalization Quiz 6Nominalization Quiz 7Mastering Nominalisation In Writing QuizMastering Nominalization QuizNominal Group QuizNominalization Of Adjectives QuizNominalization Of Phrasal Verbs QuizNominalization Of Verbs QuizTurning Verbs And Adjectives Into Nouns QuizTurning Verbs Into Nouns Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books