Reducing Sentences

What is the purpose of reducing a sentence?

• to make a sentence shorter

• to remove repetitive information or too many details

• to make my teacher happy

• to remove the who, what, where, when, and why details

What is the best way to reduce the underlined sentence? I need to study and prepare for the difficult and challenging math test.

• I need to study.

• I need to prepare for the difficult and challenging math test.

• I need to prepare for the challenging math test.

• No revisions are needed.

The underlined sentence has too many details. What is the best way to reduce it? My sister is tired and sleepy, so she is going to take a nap and rest.

• My sister is tired, so she is going to take a nap.

• My sister is tired and sleepy, so she is going to take a nap.

• My sister is sleepy, so she is going to take a nap and rest.

• No revisions are needed.

Why should the underlined sentences be reduced? My new classmates are funny, intelligent, hilarious, kind, and smart.

• It is too long.

• It has 5 adjectives

• The adjectives are repetitive

• The sentence is just fine.

Why should the underlined sentences be combined? We ran and dashed around the soccer field until we were tired and exhausted.

• It contains repetitive information.

• It is too long.

• It is confusing.

• The sentence is fine.