teaching language in physics

1. Spoken Language
Not very formal & at low end of writing
register.
The airbag goes bang and stops the driver
hitting the steering wheel

2. Nominalisation
Allows you to write formally and when
using pre & post modifiers the sentences
can provide great detail
Key NounPre Modifiers Post Modifiers
The AirbagCars

3. More Formal Language
More abstract & formal & at high end of
writing register.
The cars airbag is deployed instantaneously
in an accident and due to Newton’s 1st law
of motion will keep the driver from hitting
the steering wheel as inertia causes them to
continue to move forward.

4. When a car hits a tree and decelerates
quickly the seatbelt will provide the
reaction force required to keep the
driver from moving forward.
The seatbelt stops me moving
forward when the car hits a tree.