Wordiness Worksheet 1 Key

Possible Answers:

1. I met Cindy first at the party.  She was blonde and had bright green eyes.

2. The scorekeeper made a mistake.

3.   The trail led me to a boulder perched on the edge of a cliff.

4.  Aluminium is a very lightweight metal.

5. The office manager wanted all the memos to be typed, so they would be easy to read.

6.  I spent two years in Tucson, my favorite city.

7.  The car’s license plate had the word “rodeo” on it instead of numbers.

8.  The library wants me to return For Whom The Bell Tolls.

9. She flew to Hawaii on the biggest airliner in the world, a 747.

10. The cigars he smoked made the room smell like a tobacco factory.

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