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Question
Combine the following sentence by nominalising the first verb.
The bomb exploded. This shattered the window panes.
The window panes were shattered due to ----------
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Solution
The bomb exploded. This shattered the window panes.
The window panes were shattered due to the explosion of the bomb
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| 3. | reduction | 9.observe | |
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| 6.attend | 12. explore |
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_____________________________________________________________________
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Fill in the blanks in the table below. Then check your answers in a
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| ADJECTIVES | NOUNS | ADJECTIVES | NOUNS |
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| clean | height | ||
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| arrogant | proud | ||
| intelligent | anxiety |
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extravagant honest smart intelligent compassionate ruthless stubborn miserly witty responsible sincere lively reserved diplomatic generous shy talkative handsome arrogant patient ambitious |
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