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Concise Sentences
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Questions in this quiz (10)
1What does "concise" mean?
- Ato the point
- Bwordy
- Cinteresting
- Dvague
2Concise sentences often use complex structures and contain a variety of adverbs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3To improve wordy sentences, a writer should...
- A.... add more adjectives.
- B... replace adverbs with action verbs.
- C... only use simple sentences.
4The most commonly used adverbs that reduce conciseness in a sentence include all of the following EXCEPT which one?
- Avery
- Breally
- Cextremely
- Dquite
- EAll of these reduce the conciseness of a sentence.
5Which sentence is the MOST concise?
- AThe girl ate her food hungrily.
- BThe girl devoured her food.
6What is wrong with the following sentence?
We will meet at 12 am midnight this evening.- AIt uses too many adverbs.
- B"12 am midnight" is repetitive and wordy.
7What is wrong with the following sentence?
The effects of this phenomenon mean the world contains fewer farms at the current time.- AIt's wordy and needs to be simplified.
- BIt has too many adjectives.
8Read this sentence:
There are thirty students who have decided to sign up for the field trip.
Which sentence best revises this sentence to be more concise?- AThirty students decided to sign up for the field trip.
- BThere are thirty students that signed up.
9Cliches should be removed from writing to make it more concise.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Which sentence is the MOST concise?
- AStudents who have completed high school may take this course.
- BHigh school graduates may take this course.
- CStudents who graduated may take the course.
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- Description
- Students will identify errors in wordy sentences.
- Author
- Stephanie Constantino
- Language
- English
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- Created on 27 Jul 2016 · updated on 17 Jan 2017
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