Making nouns from verbs. Compare these two sentences:
If you burn less fossil fuel, carbon dioxide emissions will decrease.
Burning less fossil fuel means a decrease in carbon dioxide emissions.
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Rewrite the following sentences. The first sentences have been started for you. Check punctuation.
2. Verb forms: Imperatives and -ing form.
Look at these two sentences:
Use less hot water.
Use is a VERB in this sentence.
Using less hot water means lower carbon dioxide emissions.
Using is like a NOUN here.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. You need to choose the correct form.
For more information about nominalization see the Grammar Reference.
Look at these two sentences using the word bother.
"It bothers me to see how many plastic bags are given out by cashiers in supermakets."
"I am bothered by how many plastic bags are given out by cashiers in supermarkets."
Here bother means worry or annoy. Other verbs that can be used in the same way are:
annoy – upset, irritate, bug (this is an informal or colloquial word)
worry – concern, interest, puzzle
surprise – amaze, shock
please – comfort
For example:
"It pleases me to see how much progress you have made."
"I am pleased by how much progress you have made."
Put the words in order to make sentences that follow the same pattern.