Verb back to noun
Read your homework pair — the scope item and the sentence version. Which noun did the verb turn into?
Before Phase 02, predict:
1. How do most scope verbs turn into their noun form?
The core move
Sentence to scope item
"We will install the pavers." → "Paver installation."
"We will replace the fence." → "Fence replacement."
"We will construct the deck." → "Deck construction."
Every scope item is a sentence with the verb turned into a noun and everything else stripped away.
Check what you just read.
1. What exactly happens between the sentence version and the scope item?
Nominalisation
Verb to noun
| Verb | Noun |
|---|---|
| install | installation |
| replace | replacement |
| construct | construction |
| reduce | reduction |
| redesign | redesign (same word) |
Most nominalisations add a suffix; some do not. "Redesign" is identical as verb and noun — worth knowing so you do not go looking for a suffix that is not there.
The Portuguese pull, and why it matters more here than it sounds. Portuguese nominalises constantly and comfortably — a instalação, a substituição — so this pattern should transfer easily into the scope register. The real risk is the opposite direction: carrying that same comfort with nominalisation into a client email, where English actually wants the full sentence back. Lesson 6 is built entirely around that over-correction.
Common scope nominalisations
Listen and repeat.
Match each verb to its noun form. Click the verb, then the noun.
Convert them
Complete each scope item with the noun form. One word per gap.
Fence . Retaining wall . Paver . Impervious surface .
Each scope item still has a full verb in it. Rewrite it as a pure noun phrase.
1. We will install the pavers.
2. The fence is replaced.
3. We will reduce the impervious surface.
Convert your own project
Task card
Five things you did on a real project, said as sentences
Say each as a full sentence, then convert it live to a scope-register noun phrase.
- Say the sentence first, then the converted item — both, out loud.
- At least one should use a nominalisation not in the lexis list.
- If you are not sure of the correct noun form, guess and check with your teacher.
One check before you start.
1. For each of the five, you should say:
Which conversion was hardest?
Was there a verb whose noun form did not come naturally? Say the correct form three times now.
One more check before you move on.
1. A noun form did not come naturally. What does the card say to do?
Before the next lesson
Homework. Think about a real project’s schedule — when it started, when it finished or is due to finish. Write two sentences about it, any way you like.
One check before you go.
1. Tonight’s homework is about: