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Learner converts a verb into its noun form and rebuilds the sentence around it.
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Six conversions. Watch the word that was describing the verb.
Emissions fell sharply. Which noun phrase says the same thing?
What changes, what you get, and what disappears.
Emissions fell sharply. → the sharp fall in emissions
Three things move at once:
verb → noun fell → fall
adverb → adjective sharply → sharp
subject → of / 's emissions → in emissions
Ten verbs. Two of them have no natural noun.
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Definitions
Eight sentences. Two of them resist conversion.
Emissions fell sharply. → the in emissions
The government decided to close it. → the to close it
Cities have grown rapidly. → the of cities
Funding was cut severely. → the in funding
The council failed to enforce the rules. → the to enforce the rules
Services improved steadily. → the in services
The situation got worse. →
Attitudes became more hostile. →
Turn two sentences into noun phrases, then build sentences around them.
Start from these two:
Rents rose steeply after 2019. The city council refused to build more housing.
Turn each into a noun phrase, then write a new sentence that uses it.
Decide for yourself whether to keep the doer.
One per line.
Your phrase dropped the tense. Does the sentence need it?