Academic Writing Exercise Making Concise Sentences

Academic writing should (a)   ?

• contain long sentences.

• be concise.

• use a lot of intensifiers.

One way to avoid wordiness is to avoid using...........?

• pronouns and adjectives.

• time clauses.

• intensifiers like really and very.

Another way to avoid wordiness is to..........?

• combine sentences when possible.

• use only action verbs.

• explain things clearly by repeating important information

Choose the most concise option.

• Introverts rarely choose to work in groups but often prove to

  be productive team members.

• It is rare that introverts choose to work in groups, but they are often productive team members.

• Introverts may prove to be productive team members, and they may make positive contributions to groups at work.

Choose the most concise grammatically correct version.

"Because John works such tremendously long hours is the reason why he is unable to see his friends as often as he would like."

• Because John works such tremendously long hours is the reason why

• Being that John worked such tremendously long hours;

• Because John works such tremendously long hours,

• John works such tremendously long hours because the reason why

Which of the following sentences is the most concise one?

• The need for reports that have logic and are relevant is still great.

• We currently have several available job openings for a variety of positions in our Sales department.

• The reason I’m having trouble with my computer is because the antivirus has not been updated at all recently.

• Our researchers interviewed several health care professionals.

A wordy sentence (a)  

• is frequently too short.

• includes more than one main idea.

• includes unnecessary words.

Which of the following does NOT have unnecessary words? (a)  

• young child

• winter months

• new innovation

• bright future

What does writing clearly and concisely mean?

• Using complex words to completely describe everything in a sentence

• Getting straight to the point by eliminating unnecessary words.

• Showing off your mad vocabulary skills

• Writing long sentences to take up more space on the page.

Which of the following sentences is the most concise?

• A) The meeting was postponed due to the fact that the manager was unavailable.

• B) The meeting was postponed because the manager was unavailable.

• C) Due to the fact that the manager was unavailable, the meeting was postponed.

• D) The meeting was postponed because of the manager's unavailability.