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Descripción
Test por Stephanie Constantino, actualizado hace más de 1 año
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Creado por Stephanie Constantino
hace casi 8 años
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Pregunta 1
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What does "concise" mean?
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to the point
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wordy
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interesting
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vague
Pregunta 2
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Concise sentences often use complex structures and contain a variety of adverbs.
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True
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False
Pregunta 3
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To improve wordy sentences, a writer should...
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.... add more adjectives.
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... replace adverbs with action verbs.
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... only use simple sentences.
Pregunta 4
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The most commonly used adverbs that reduce conciseness in a sentence include all of the following EXCEPT which one?
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very
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really
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extremely
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quite
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All of these reduce the conciseness of a sentence.
Pregunta 5
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Which sentence is the MOST concise?
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The girl ate her food hungrily.
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The girl devoured her food.
Pregunta 6
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What is wrong with the following sentence?
We will meet at 12 am midnight this evening.
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It uses too many adverbs.
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"12 am midnight" is repetitive and wordy.
Pregunta 7
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What is wrong with the following sentence?
The effects of this phenomenon mean the world contains fewer farms at the current time.
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It's wordy and needs to be simplified.
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It has too many adjectives.
Pregunta 8
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Read 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?
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Thirty students decided to sign up for the field trip.
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There are thirty students that signed up.
Pregunta 9
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Cliches should be removed from writing to make it more concise.
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True
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False
Pregunta 10
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Which sentence is the MOST concise?
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Students who have completed high school may take this course.
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High school graduates may take this course.
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Students who graduated may take the course.
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