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Put your advanced French grammar skills to the test with this crossword focused on nominalization — the process of transforming verbs, adjectives, and other word classes into nouns. From suffixes like -tion and -ment to more complex derived forms, can you identify the correct nominal forms? A must for any C1 learner refining their lexical precision!
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Clues
Across
- 1. Process of forming a noun from another word
- 7. Always
- 10. Adding a prefix to form a new word
- 11. Adding a suffix to form a new word
- 12. Scientific study of language
- 13. Next
Down
- 2. Turning a word into a noun
- 3. Verb inflection in French grammar
- 4. To want
- 5. Process of creating a new word
- 6. Another term for a noun
- 8. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 9. Relating to sentence structure rules
Answers
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Across
- 1. Process of forming a noun from another word → nominalisation
- 7. Always → toujours
- 10. Adding a prefix to form a new word → prefixation
- 11. Adding a suffix to form a new word → suffixation
- 12. Scientific study of language → linguistique
- 13. Next → prochain
Down
- 2. Turning a word into a noun → substantivation
- 3. Verb inflection in French grammar → conjugaison
- 4. To want → vouloir
- 5. Process of creating a new word → formation
- 6. Another term for a noun → substantif
- 8. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 9. Relating to sentence structure rules → syntaxique
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