Abstract noun subjects and Avoiding gerund

Abstract noun subjects + Avoiding gerund

In the following sentences, use an abstract noun to replace the noun clause beginning with a question word (how, what, when, etc.)

1. The reason why we are given an assignment is to evaluate how much we understand the course material.
Assignment evaluates students’ understanding in the course material.

2. This kind of assignment is used for assessing how we master the basic point of the course.
This assignment assesses students’ mastery of the basic point of the course.

3. Another 30% is the assignment is for testing how we comprehend the whole course material.
Another 30% of the assignments test students’ comprehension of the whole course material.

4. The municipal building code tells us how we must make public facilities more accessible to the elderly.
Municipal building code requires people to build public facilities more accessible to the elderly.

In the following sentences, rewrite the sentence to avoid the use of a gerund (-ing word) as a subject.

1. Sometimes, doing such kind of assignment can inspire the students to find their interests in their future research.
Assignment can inspire students to find their interests in their future research.

2. Having a unique research thesis is difficult since research has been conducted on so many topics already.
It is difficult to perform a unique research thesis because research has been widely conducted on every topic.

3. The writing for this kind of assignment is composed of summary, analysis, conclusion, and recommendation.
This assignment requires summary, analysis, conclusion, and recommendation.

4. The way people calling each other is different in Japan than in the U.S.
Japanese people use more different words to call each other than do the U.S. people.

5. Furthermore, the academic studying of politics includes the policy of a country and the importantance of the key party in the country and the international policy.
Furthermore, the political study includes the domestic and international policy, as well as the domestic key parties’ importance.