Redundancy
Exercise-1 Cross out the redundant word in each of the following sentences.
1. The money that I have is sufficient enough for my needs. |
2. Bill asked the speaker to repeat again because he had not heard him the first time. |
3. The class advanced forward rapidly. |
4. She returned back to her hometown after she had finished her degree. |
5. I am nearly almost finished with this chapter. |
6. My teacher he said to listen to the news on the radio in order to practice listening comprehension. |
7. The new innovations at the World’s Fair were fascinating. |
8. My sister she found a store that imported food from our country. |
Ex-1
1. enough | 3. forward | 5. almost | 7. new |
2. again | 4. back | 6. he | 8. she |
Exercise-2
Cross out the redundant word in each of the following sentences.
1. The sting of a scorpion is painful but rarely, seldom fatal. |
2. There are almost nearly 5,000 miles of streets in New York City. |
4. The first canal built in the United States connected together the Santee River and the Copper River in South California. |
4. The Gila monster is the single only poisonous lizard found in the United States. |
5. Around approximately ten percent of all solid wastes is glass. |
6. The chief main ingredients in soap are fats and chemicals called alkalis. |
7. The flowers of certain plants, such as for example daisies, are called composite flowers. |
8. Most of the cities of the American West are separated apart from one another by vast, relatively unpopulated expanses of mountains and deserts. |
Ex-2
1. seldom | 3. together | 5. approximately | 7. for example |
2. nearly | 4. only | 6. main | 8. apart |
Good writing requires fewer words, not more. To get a higher score on the IELTS or TOEFL, you need to say as much as possible within a limited number of words.