Redundancy Lesson

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

• None of the above

Which word or phrase should be deleted?

The rally attendance was estimated at about one thousand.

• attendance

• was

• estimated

• about

• None of the above

What word or phrase should be deleted?

Becky was late getting home because of a terrible tragedy at work.

• tragedy

• terrible

• at work

• getting

• None of the above.

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.

The word "redundant" means...

• to many

• repetitive

• wrong

• ridiculous

Which word or phrase should be deleted?

Timmy said the UFO he spotted was oblong in shape.

• spotted

• oblong

• in shape

• he

• None of the above.

Which word or phrase should be deleted?

Mother has to descend down the basement stairs to do the family laundry.

• descend

• down

• to do

• has too

• None of the above.

Which word or phrase should be deleted?

Because of their past memories of Fido, the children cried when he was euthanized.

• cried

• euthanized

• memories

• past

• None of the above.

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

• None of the above.

Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

Our Algebra homework this week was definitely without a doubt the most challenging assignment yet, so it was gratifying to get a perfect score on it.

• Algebra

• without a doubt

• most

• yet, so

• No error