Question

Complete the following sentence using nominalisation of the underlined verb/adjective.
You must explore new areas to substantiate your research. This _________ will certainly earn you fame in this field.
A) Exploration
B) Explore
C) Exploring
D) Explorisation

Answer 1

Hint: Nominalisation is a noun phrase generated from another word usually verb (it also includes adjectives). In other words, the process of nominalisation turns verbs into nouns.

Complete answer: Verbs are action words such as run, sleep, walk, eat, play etc
Adjectives are words that are used to modify or describe nouns and pronouns.
Now let us understand the given options one by one.
Option A) EXPLORATION
This option is correct because the word Exploration is the correct noun form of the verb.
Option B) EXPLORE
This option is incorrect because it is a verb form of the word.
Option C) EXPLORING
This option is incorrect because it is the gerund form of the verb. A gerund is the –ing form of a verb that functions the same as a noun. Example swimming is fun. In this sentence swimming is the gerund it acts as a noun.
Option D) EXPLORISATION
This option is incorrect because it is not a grammatically correct word.
Hence option A is correct.

Note: In such types of questions it is important to closely analyse each option as there is little difference between them.