曾有一个研究显示，英语国家学生作文中的名词化使用率为为10%-15%，国内TOP10大学学生作文中的名词化使用率为7%-8%，而普通英语作文中的名词化使用率仅为5%-6%。有人戏说到，外国人将句子划分为3个档次，最好的是名词化的句子，被动句次之，主动句最差。新东方网托福频道为各位考生介绍增强托福写作表现力的几种方法，希望对大家的托福写作技巧提高有所帮助！

名词化就是将动词和形容词转化为名词来使用，比如 treat 转化为 treatment，这是动词转化为名词;happy 转化为happiness，这是形容词转化为名词。

A 宾语从句名词化

Before: I do not know either what she meant or what he intends.

After: I do not know either her meaning or his intentions.

B 动词名词化后，加上被动形式

Before: If people decide without enough persuasive information，...

During: If people makes a decision without enough persuasiveinformation，...

After: If a decision is made without enough persuasive information，...

C 取代从句中诸如“the fact that”

Before: The fact that I denied what he accused me of impressed thejury.

After: My denial of his accusations impressed the jury.

Better: In denying his accusations, I impressed the jury.

D 用在“there be”的后面

Before: We demand that the government stop taxing entertainment.

After: There is a demand for an end to taxation on entertainment.

A 名词化部分作主语

Before: Our discussion is concerned with a tax cut.

After: We discussed a tax cut.出国考雅思还是托福

B 名词化部分作宾语

Before: The police conducted an investigation into the matter.

After: The police investigated the matter.

C 主语、宾语都名词化

Before: The instability of the motor housing did not preclude thecompletion of the field trials.

After: Even though the motor housing was unstable, the research staffcompleted the field trials.

D 连续多次名词化

Before: There was a first a review of the evolution of the dorsal fin.

During: First, she reviewed the evolution of the dorsal fin.

After: First, she reviewed how the dorsal fin evolved.