Level 1 — Foundation · Clauses & the First Paragraph
Task 18: Building a Nominalized Sentence
Compress two plain sentences into one dense, formal sentence built around a nominalization like 'implementation' or 'reduction' — the exact compression Lesson 18 taught you to reverse when reading.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this task, you should be able to:
- Turn a verb into its noun form (implement → implementation) and use it as a sentence's head noun
- Attach an of-phrase to a nominalization to name what the action was done to
- Combine two plain sentences into one formal sentence using a nominalization and a connector like 'resulted in' or 'led to'
Introduction
Lesson 18 taught you to look at a noun like "implementation" and instantly recover the verb hiding inside it. This task runs that process backward: you start with two plain sentences and build the dense, formal version yourself — the version a report or a professional email would actually use.
The Rule, for Writing
Core Concept
Turn your main verb into a noun (reduce → reduction, analyze → analysis), attach of + what the action applies to, and connect it to the result with a phrase like resulted in or led to. The reduction of loading time compresses two separate facts — something got reduced, and it was loading time — into one noun phrase built around a single head noun.
Example
Plain: The port automated its gate system. This reduced truck waiting times. Nominalized: The automation of the port's gate system resulted in a reduction in truck waiting times.
Your Turn
Your Turn
Here are two plain sentences: The company trained its staff on the new software. This reduced the number of data-entry errors. Combine both ideas into ONE formal sentence, using a nominalization (such as "training" or "reduction") and a connector like "resulted in" or "led to."
Vocabulary in Context
automateverbtechnical
to make a process work by machine, with little or no human control (স্বয়ংক্রিয় করা)
Often with automate a process, fully automate, automate the task
“The finance team automated invoice matching to reduce data-entry errors.”
errornounneutral
a mistake, especially one made carelessly (ভুল)
Often with human error, correct an error, error in
“An error in the manifest delayed the release of two containers.”
Model Answer
Show a model answer
The training of staff on the new software resulted in a significant reduction in data-entry errors. (Equally valid: "Staff training led to a significant reduction in data-entry errors.")
Self-Check
Self-Check
- Did you build at least one nominalization around a head noun, rather than just joining the two sentences with "and"?
- Does your of-phrase correctly name what the nominalized action applied to?
- Does the sentence read as natural, formal English when read aloud, not like a translated pattern?
- Did every idea from the original two sentences survive the compression?
Next: Writing 19 — Writing a Parallel List and a Comparison: matching three items to the same grammatical shape, and comparing two things without accidentally claiming more than you meant.