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Main Idea And Concise Sentences
Test Description: Understanding where to find the main idea in a paragraph and how to make sentences more concise.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which phrase in the following sentences is NOT concise: All things considered, Connecticut's woodland are in better shape now than ever before.
A
All things considered
B
Than ever before
C
better shape now
D
Connecticut's woodlands
2) What are the three common ways to find the main idea in a paragraph?
A
REad the first and last sentences or make an inference
B
Read the first, middle and last sentences
C
Look in the index, the glossary and the table of contents
3) What's the main idea in the following: New trade routes passed through lands occupied by the Soninke. People called their chiefs ghana. The land became known as Ghana.Chiefs taxed goods that traveled the land. By the 8th cent. trade made Ghana rich.
A
New trade routes passed through lands occupied by Soninke
B
By the 8th cent. trade made Ghana rich.
C
The land came to be known as Ghana.
D
The tribal chiefs taxed the goods
4) Which phrase is not concise in the following: The fear that exists among many people that we are losing our woodlands is uncalled for.
A
our woodlands
B
are losing
C
that exists
D
many
5) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: Woodlands have grown in area because of the fact that fact that farmers have abandoned their fields.
A
have grown
B
in area
C
because farmers
D
because of the fact that
6) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: All things considered, Connecticut's woodlands are in better shape now than ever bfore.
A
all things considered
B
before
C
than ever
D
better shape
7) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following:As a matter of fact, there are more woodlands in Connecticut now than there were in 1898.
A
more woodlands
B
there were
C
as a matter of fact
D
now than
8) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: As far as I'm concerned, ther is no need for further protection of woodlands.
A
further
B
no need
C
there is
D
as far as I'm concerned
9) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: This is because there are fewer farmers at the present time.
A
This is because
B
are fewer
C
fewer farmers
D
at the present time
10) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: Major forest areas are coming back by means of natural processes.
A
by means of
B
major
C
coming back
D
natural processes
11) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: Our woodlands are coming back by virtue of the fact that our eceonomy has shifted its emphasis.
A
its emphasis
B
by virtue of the fact that
C
our woodlands
D
has shifted
12) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: Due to the fact that their habitats are being restored, forest creatures are also re-establishing their population bases.
A
are also
B
their population
C
due to the fact that
D
being restored
13) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: The era in which we must aggressively defent our woodlands has, for all intents and purposes, passed.
A
aggressively defend
B
uncalled for
C
in which
D
for all intents and purposes
14) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: For the most part, people's suspicions are based on a misunderstanding of the facts.
A
are bases on
B
a misunderstanding
C
for the most part
D
people's suspicions
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