High School

Avoiding Wordiness in Nouns and Verbs

Wordiness can be created when writers use too many unnecessary nouns and verbs.

1. Which sentence is less wordy?
- a) The man is sitting.
- b) The man sits.
- c) Both are equally wordy.
- d) None of the above.

2. Choose the sentence that avoids wordiness.
- a) She is the woman who runs the school.
- b) She is the principal.
- c) Both are equally wordy.
- d) None of the above.

3. Select the less wordy sentence.
- a) I ran as quickly as I could.
- b) I sprinted.
- c) Both are equally wordy.
- d) None of the above.