Bailey.Academic_Writing

3.11 Nouns – Umbrella 151
2. Insert a suitable umbrella noun in the following sentences.
a) The Students’ Union is a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . designed to
promote students’ interests.
b) Rainbows are a common natural . ................
c) Completion of the new building was delayed by safety
................
d) Environmental law is an increasingly popular ...........
.....
e) In 1956 he patented a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for measuring the
height of waves.
f) Jung’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of the ‘anima’ has been strongly
criticised.
g) His paper examined three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of the problem
of tissue rejection.
h) Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of father were identified;
‘involved’, ‘semi-detached’ and ‘disengaged’.
i) The main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discussed was lack of support
from tutors.
j) One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the collapse of the business was
the rise in oil prices.
k) The discovery of DNA created fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in
medicine.
3. Keep a record of other umbrella nouns you meet.
Umbrella noun
Synonym