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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
better shape now
B
Than ever before
C
All things considered
D
Connecticut's woodlands
2) What are the three common ways to find the main idea in a paragraph?
A
Read the first, middle and last sentences
B
Look in the index, the glossary and the table of contents
C
REad the first and last sentences or make an inference
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
By the 8th cent. trade made Ghana rich.
B
The tribal chiefs taxed the goods
C
New trade routes passed through lands occupied by Soninke
D
The land came to be known as Ghana.
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
that exists
C
many
D
are losing
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
because farmers
B
because of the fact that
C
in area
D
have grown
6) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: All things considered, Connecticut's woodlands are in better shape now than ever bfore.
A
better shape
B
than ever
C
all things considered
D
before
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
as a matter of fact
B
there were
C
more woodlands
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
there is
C
no need
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
are fewer
B
This is because
C
at the present time
D
fewer farmers
10) Which phrase is NOT concise in the following: Major forest areas are coming back by means of natural processes.
A
coming back
B
by means of
C
major
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
our woodlands
B
has shifted
C
by virtue of the fact that
D
its emphasis
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
being restored
B
due to the fact that
C
are also
D
their population
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
uncalled for
B
in which
C
aggressively defend
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
a misunderstanding
B
for the most part
C
are bases on
D
people's suspicions
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