about verbal noun
dear friends, i have a lot of difficulties in learning verbal noun, i find it very hard to understand and remember them.
For example, is this sentence right?
Testing confirmed that the town had been poisoned by the dumping of toxic chemicals in town dumps?
can we replace testing with test?

another example.
Set aside a period of time specifically for study.
can we replace study with studying?

there are many other examplese when i do not know how to understand and use verbal nouns correctly~,i feel so frustrated for this~

Question

about verbal noun
dear friends, i have a lot of difficulties in learning verbal noun, i find it very hard to understand and remember them.
For example, is this sentence right?
Testing confirmed that the town had been poisoned by the dumping of toxic chemicals in town dumps?
can we replace testing with test?

another example.
Set aside a period of time specifically for study.
can we replace study with studying?

there are many other examplese when i do not know how to understand and use verbal nouns correctly~,i feel so frustrated for this~

Answer

1) Not quite, but you can use 'a test', or 'tests', instead of 'testing'.
2) Yes, either one is fine.

There are many references to the use of verbal nouns on the web, such as:
http://www.answers.com/topic/verbal-noun

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