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Redundancy and Wordiness

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Occurs when a writer unnecessarily repeats words, phrases, and ideas that could have been omitted without the loss of meaning

a)

Pleonasm

b)

Redundancy

c)

Wordiness

d)

None of the above

2.

Correct the redundant sentence:

Turn left at the green colored house

a)

Turn left at the green colored house

b)

Turn left at the color green school

c)

Turn left at the green house

d)

None of the Above

3.

identify the unnecessary words

Please repeat again what you said.

a)

Again

b)

Repeat

c)

What

d)

Said

4.

identify the redundancy expression:

My personal opinion is that the walls should be painted blue

a)

Opinion

b)

My personal

c)

My personal opinion

d)

should be

5.

identify the redundancy expression:

Any and all overdue books should be returned today.

a)

Any

b)

Any and all

c)

And all

d)

Any and all overdue

6.

The use of several words when a few can express the same idea more clearly and concisely

a)

Redundancy

b)

Cliche

c)

Wordiness

d)

Pleonasm

7.

identify the Intensifier/s:

Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard

a)

Incredibly

b)

Hard

c)

Good

d)

Nothing

8.

Identify Phrases to omit:

This is because there are fewer farmer at the present time

a)

fewer farmer

b)

present time

c)

at the present time

d)

none of the above

9.

Reducing clauses to Phrases:

New York is a city that contains many skyscraper

a)

New York a city that has many Skyscraper

b)

New York is a city containing many skyscraper

c)

both are correct

d)

none of the above

10.

there are likely to be many researcher raising question about this methodological approach

a)

there are many researcher raising question

b)

there are many researcher raising question about this methodological approach

c)

Many researcher are likely to raise question

d)

none of the above

11.

is a sentence that is missing either its subject or its main verb

a)

Fused Sentence

b)

Fragment Sentence

c)

Comma Splices

d)

Sentence Error

12.

The most Common error in sentence grammar result from the misuse of clauses

a)

Sentence Error

b)

Run-on Sentence

c)

Fused Sentence

d)

None of the Above

13.

is a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifiers

a)

Gerund Phrase

b)

Infinitive Phrase

c)

Participial Phrase

d)

Adverbial Phrase

14.

a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lock of original thought

a)

Cliche

b)

Euphemism

c)

Expletive

d)

Reduce

15.

is a group of words consisting of an infinitive and the modifiers

a)

Gerund Phrase

b)

Participial Phrase

c)

Adverbial Phrase

d)

None of the above