Vocab/Wordiness and Redundancy

Which word or phrase should be deleted?
 In my personal opinion, the lines at the Post Office have grown too long.

• personal
• opinion
• my
• too long

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Which word or phrase should be deleted?
The rally attendance was estimated at about one thousand.

• attendance
• was
• estimated
• about

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CCSS.L.7.1A

What word or phrase should be deleted?
Becky was late getting home because of a terrible tragedy at work.

• tragedy
• terrible
• at work
• getting

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CCSS.L.3.1A

I worked on my essay, but I never got it entirely complete.

• NO CHANGE
• completely finished
• complete
• OMIT complete

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Past studies have shown that employees are happier when they work in environments with natural light and sunlight.

• NO CHANGE

• Studies have shown that employees are happier when they work in environments with natural light.

• Studies have shown that employees are happier when they work in environments with natural light and sunlight.

• Studies in the past have shown that employees are happier when they work in environments with natural light.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

New buildings, which were just built, may be designed with these studies in mind.

• NO CHANGE

• New buildings, which were just built recently, may be designed with these studies in mind.

• New buildings, which were just built in the recent past, may be designed with these studies in mind.

• New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word should be deleted to avoid redundancy?

It is a true fact that the U.S. has more cookie cakes than any other country in the world.

• fact

• true

• more

• country

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CCSS.L.7.3A

Choose the sentence without any redundancies.

• I really love my daughter very much from the bottom of my heart.

• I love my daughter very much.

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CCSS.L.7.3A

Choose the sentence without any redundancies.

• The honest truth is that I really do not like shrimp very much.

• The truth is that I do not like shrimp very much.

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CCSS.L.7.3A

to break down - figure out - look at the parts

• analyze

• explain

• describe

• support

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D