English often changes an idea by changing the word class: decide → decision, analyse → analysis, responsible → responsibility. These shifts can make writing more compact and academic, but only when the relationship between the forms is preserved.
This original Secondary 1–2 practice lab supplements the existing vocabulary estate. It is not an official examination paper.
Worked example
“The committee decided to postpone the event.” can become “The committee made a decision to postpone the event.” The second version changes the verb decided into the noun decision. The actor and action remain the same.
A less faithful rewrite is “The postponement made the committee decide.” That changes the relationship between the events.
Practice A: move from verb to noun
A1. The class discussed the proposal. Rewrite using discussion.
A2. The team improved its method. Rewrite using improvement.
A3. The teacher explained the process. Rewrite using explanation.
Possible answers: “The class held a discussion about the proposal”; “The team made an improvement to its method”; “The teacher gave an explanation of the process.”
Practice B: move from adjective to noun
Rewrite while preserving meaning: “Mira was responsible for checking the list.” → “Mira had responsibility for checking the list.”
Try: accurate → accuracy, confident → confidence, different → difference, important → importance.
Practice C: choose the natural form
C1. “The report provides an analyse/analysis of the results.”
C2. “The team must decide/decision before Friday.”
C3. “Her explanation/explain was clear.”
Answers: analysis, decide, explanation.
Practice D: avoid artificial nominalisation
“The implementation of the making of a decision was undertaken by the committee” is technically dense but poor writing. A clearer version is “The committee decided and acted on its decision.” Academic vocabulary should improve precision, not hide simple relationships.
Practice E: unpack a dense sentence
Sentence: “The rapid expansion of the programme required careful evaluation.” Ask: What expanded? What had to be evaluated? Rewrite in a more verbal form: “Because the programme expanded rapidly, the team had to evaluate it carefully.”
Return task
Later, give the learner: “The group investigated the complaint and concluded that the rule had been misunderstood.” Ask for a version using investigation and conclusion without changing who did what.
Continue through the existing Vocabulary estate
Use the Secondary 1 vocabulary owner, Secondary 2 vocabulary owner, and Vocabulary in Real English for wider transfer.