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About This Resource
This C1 resource develops purposeful use of nominalization, which packages actions, qualities, and clause-like ideas as nouns or noun phrases. It examines compression, abstraction, topic continuity, agent backgrounding, and information flow while emphasizing that noun-heavy wording is not automatically more formal or effective.
What You’ll Learn
• Recognize common ways actions and qualities are expressed through nominal forms.
• Compare clause-based and noun-based versions of the same general content.
• Use nominalization to support compression, abstraction, or topic continuity when useful.
• Revise excessive nominalization when it hides agency or makes the sentence unnecessarily dense.
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