Wordiness and Redundancy Practice

My mother cut the pizza into four quarters. Which word is redundant in this sentence?

• mother

• pizza

• four

• quarters

My beautiful twin sisters are exactly identical. Which word is redundant in this sentence?

• beautiful

• sisters

• exactly

• identical

In the modern world of today, people can easily communicate using the internet

• no change

• we live in today

• we are living in today

• delete the underlined portion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Cobras kill their prey by poisoning them with venom, which is fatal.

• no change

• which can kill anything

• which kills their prey

• delete the underlined portion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

He was happy and joyful about the wonderful gift. Which word is redundant in this sentence?

• happy

• joyful

• wonderful

• gift

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Mark is a funny and hilarious person. Which word is redundant in this sentence?

• Mark

• funny

• hilarious

• person

I am an awful and terrible soccer player. Which word in this sentence is redundant?

• I

• awful

• terrible

• soccer

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The local flower shop has a bi-annual sale twice a year in April and August. Which word(s) in this sentence are redundant?

• local

• bi-annual

• twice a year

• April

• August

I got my dog on account of the fact that he is cute.

• no change

• because

• also because

• and also because

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

True or False: Redundancy is repetition of the same words over and over and over and over again.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4