Redundancy and Wordiness

What is the most concise version of the sentence: "I returned back to my room after the meeting was over."?

• I went to my room after the meeting was over.

• I returned to my room after the meeting ended.

• I returned to my room the as soon as the meeting was over.

• I backtracked to my room after the meeting was over.

Rewrite the following sentence to correct any ambiguity, wordiness, or redundancy: I heard they are going to put a movie theater on campus.

• I heard a movie theater will be built on campus.

• I heard they plan to build a movie theater on campus.

• I heard a movie theater is going to be built on campus.

• I heard that a movie theater is coming to campus.

Choose the correctly rewritten sentence that eliminates any ambiguity, wordiness, or redundancy from: "Please repeat again what you said."

• Please repeat again what you said.

• Please repeat what you said.

• Repeat again what you said.

• What you said, repeat.

4. While barbecuing our steaks, a hungry dog came into our backyard.

• What happened when a hungry dog came into the backyard while you were barbecuing steaks?

• While we were barbecuing our steaks, a hungry dog came into our backyard.

• While barbecuing, something went wrong with the barbecue due to a stray animal's interference.

• A hungry dog came into our backyard while barbecuing steaks.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

5. The servers they really take care of you at this restaurant.

• At this restaurant, the servers they really take care of you.

• The servers at this restaurant really take care of you.

• They really take care of you.

• This restaurant really takes care of you.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The circumstances are very delicate in nature.

• The circumstances are very delicate.

• The circumstances are extremely robust in nature.

• These very circumstances are delicate in nature.

• The circumstances in nature are very delicate for everyone involved.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

7. It was a story that was difficult to tell.

• It was a difficult story to tell.

• It was a story that was very difficult to tell.

• It was a story that was difficult to explain to people.

• It was a story that was difficult to talk to people about.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Fried in butter, Sylvan likes eggs.

• Fried in butter, Sylvan likes eggs.

• Sylvan likes eggs fried in butter.

• Sylvan prefers fried in butter eggs better than all.

• Sylvan prefers eggs that are fried in butter.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which word or phrase should be deleted?
Timmy said the UFO he spotted was oblong in shape.

• spotted
• oblong
• in shape
• he

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4