SAT · English · Concision — Spot Wordiness

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement parts

   1. She
   2. whispered
   3. quietly
   4. into
   5. my
   6. ear
   7. .

   Correction

   (redundant — whispering IS quiet)

   Incorrect part

   quietly

2. Statement parts

   1. At
   2. this
   3. particular
   4. point
   5. in
   6. time,
   7. I
   8. agree
   9. .

   Correction

   now

   Incorrect part

   time,

3. Statement parts

   1. The
   2. reason
   3. is
   4. because
   5. we
   6. ran
   7. out
   8. of
   9. time
   10. .

   Correction

   that (or drop 'the reason is')

   Incorrect part

   because

4. Statement parts

   1. Each
   2. and
   3. every
   4. student
   5. must
   6. attend
   7. .

   Correction

   (redundant — 'each' or 'every' alone)

   Incorrect part

   and

Instructions

Tap the redundant or wordy word.