Sentence Errors: Redundancy

Poll

Look at the given signages and click your reactions in the poll.

What do you notice from the pictures presented? How are these signages written?​

What can be the effect of this kind of signages to those who see them?​

Exercise 1

Instructions: Spot the pleonasm in each sentence. Choose the correct answer. 

Multiple Choice

1.The ALC team in each section are tasked to advance plan the programme and the invitation a month before the event.

• each section

• ALC team

• advance plan

Multiple Choice

2. The basic fundamental content in making a formal speech is the introduction, body, and conclusion.

• basic fundamental

• introduction, body, and conclusion

• formal speech

Multiple Choice

The Grade 9 students shall give a free gift to the ALC speakers as their token of appreciation.

• Grade 9 students

• free gift

• token of appreciation

Exercise 2

Instructions: Identify the redundant abbreviation in each sentence. Type in your answer. 

Open Ended

1.The speakers are invited to come at 9 a.m. in the morning to prepare for their presentations.

Answer

9 a.m. in the morning

Open Ended

2. The IT team always checks the LAN network of school internet to ensure the smooth transmission of the online classes.

Answer

LAN network 

Open Ended

3. The ALC e-magazine has to be saved in PDF format after the

final edits.

Answer

PDF format

Exercise 3

Instructions: Choose the redundant intensifier that should be eliminated in each sentence. 

Multiple Choice

1.It is absolutely challenging yet fulfilling to organize events like Alternative Learning Classes.

• absolutely

• organize

• Alternative

• Learning

Multiple Choice

2. Basically, the aim of this year’s ALC is for the frontliner speakers to share their experiences that showed service and compassion during the pandemic.

• during

• experiences

• frontliners

• basically

Multiple Choice

3. The new normal setting did not undoubtedly hinder the people in the service sector to particularly extend help to those in badly need.

• new normal

• undoubtedly, particularly, badly

• service sector

• extend help

Exercise 4

Eliminate the plague words/phrases. Type your answer.

Open Ended

1.In the event that disconnection happens during the virtual ALC, the technical team has a back-up plan to keep the event going.

Answer

In the event that

Edited: If disconnection happens during the virtual ALC, the technical team has a back-up plan to keep the event going. 

Open Ended

2. Why are we having the ALC? What is the purpose in the very real sense?

Answer

in the very real sense

Edited: Why are we having the ALC? What is the purpose?

Open Ended

3. The class officers shared the ALC instruction to their classmates by means of emails and FB Messenger.

Answer

by means of

Edited: The class officers shared the ALC instruction to their classmates through emails and FB Messenger.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence by typing in your answer:

 

We need to avoid redundant words/phrases in our sentences because ____________.