Nominalization Practice

Answer the questions with a noun made from the verb or adjective in bold. Follow your answer with at least one sentence of further explanation. Continue your conversation if possible.

Discussion Questions:

1. How do you feel when your friends argue over things that seem unimportant?
2. Imagine you lend something valuable to a friend, and they are careless with it. What do you think?
3. If one person doesn’t intend to kill another person, but through their actions a person dies, can we call them a murderer?
4. When you see a menu with many delicious options, is it hard to decide what to eat?
5. Some people collect things as a hobby. How about you?
6. If you try to do difficult things, it’s likely that you’ll fail sometimes. Is that okay?
7. Is the goal of life to feel happy? Or is there more to it?

8. Are humans still evolving? If so, what’s the next step?
9. What do you do when you disagree with someone?
10. How would you feel if a good-looking person invited you out on a date?
11. What are you afraid of?
12. People believe in a wide variety of things. Why is this?
13. How would you react if you heard aliens were attacking earth?
14. Some people perform well when they are under pressure. How about you?
15. Think about your immediate family members. How are you similar?
16. Did Christopher Columbus discover America?