This C1 test practises Nominalisierung, the noun-heavy style typical of academic, official and journalistic German. It covers forming nouns from verbs and adjectives, turning clauses into prepositional phrases, genitive and prepositional attributes, and functional verb structures. It suits advanced learners preparing for C1 exams and teachers who want to check formal written style.
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About this test
This C1 test practises Nominalisierung, the noun-heavy style typical of academic, official and journalistic German. It covers forming nouns from verbs and adjectives, turning clauses into prepositional phrases, genitive and prepositional attributes, and functional verb structures. It suits advanced learners preparing for C1 exams and teachers who want to check formal written style.
Topics covered
Noun formation (-ung, -heit, -keit)Nominalised infinitives and adjectivesClause to prepositional phraseGenitive attributes and agentsNominalising negationFunctional verb structuresError detection
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Notes for teachers
The test moves from forming single nouns to transforming whole clauses and spotting errors in nominal style. It targets frequent C1 errors: wrong gender of derived nouns, missing genitive endings, dative after genitive prepositions, wrong adjective endings before nominalised infinitives and lost prepositions (Verzicht auf, Abhängigkeit von). As follow-up, ask learners to rewrite a short informal email in nominal style, or to turn a formal notice back into verbal style.
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