Effective Writing Quiz #1

For each question, choose the better sentence.

• A) We are no longer able to reconcile; therefore, attorneys will be used to effect the dissolution of our marriage.

• B) We have hired attorneys to help us with our divorce.

For each question, choose the better sentence.

• A) Our boat capsized in the storm, so we needed rescuing.

• B) The weather had adverse impacts on our boat resulting in the necessity to rescue us from the water.

For each question, choose the better sentence.

• A) Our marriage ended in a divorce.

• B) We divorced.

For each question, choose the better sentence.

• A) Martina could not find time to walk the dogs, work, and a shopping spree.

• B) Martina could not find time to walk the dogs, work, and shop.

For each question, choose the better sentence.

• A) It is a shame that there are so many holidays that go uncelebrated.

• B) It is a shame so many holidays go uncelebrated.

Choose the better sentence.

• A) While singing in the shower, the bar of soap slipped from her hands.

• B) The bar of soap slipped from her hands while she sang in the shower.

Choose the better sentence.

• A) When we looked back, we saw the dog following us.

• B) Looking back, the dog was following us.

Choose the better sentence.

• A) Lying on a stretcher, they carried him out.

• B) He was carried out on a stretcher.

Choose the better sentence.

• A) He grabbed the papers as they flew out the window.

• B) Flying out the window, he grabbed the papers.

Choose the better sentence.

• A) As I stepped off the bus, I saw the shopping center just ahead.

• B) Stepping off the bus, the shopping center was just ahead.