ACT English — Conciseness and Redundancy — Drill 2

About This Drill

ACT English — Conciseness and Redundancy — Drill 2 is a English practice drill covering Conciseness and Redundancy. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

Conciseness and Redundancy questions ask you to eliminate unnecessary words, repetitive phrases, and wordy constructions. This drill focuses on redundant pairings — phrases like "basic fundamentals" or "future plans" — and unnecessarily complex sentence structures where the shortest grammatically correct option is always correct.

Questions in This Drill

1. Which choice is most concise and avoids redundancy?
2. Which choice is most concise and avoids redundancy?
3. Which choice is most concise and avoids redundancy?
4. Which choice is most concise and avoids redundancy?
5. Which choice is most concise and avoids redundancy?