Unit 10 - NOMINALISATION
Look at these sentences.
- The school has decided to set up a student panchayat in school. It has created a lot of excitement among the students.
- The decision of the school to set up a student panchayat has created a lot of excitement among the students.
In sentence (b) what happened to the verb 'decided'? Write your answer below:
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The verb 'decided' has been morphed into a noun 'decision'_______________________________
This is one example of a verb changing into a noun. This is called
nominalisation.
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◉ When you turn a verb into a noun, you nominalise it, creating a nominalisation. It changes the focus of the sentence from actor to action.)