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Effective Writing Quiz

1. For each question, choose the better sentence.

 A) We are no longer able to reconcile; therefore, attorneys will be used to effect the dissolution of our marriage.
 B) We have hired attorneys to help us with our divorce.

2. 

 A) Our boat capsized in the storm, so we needed rescuing.
 B) The weather had adverse impacts on our boat resulting in the necessity to rescue us from the water.

3. 

 A) Our marriage ended in a divorce.
 B) We divorced.

4. 

 A) Martina could not find time to walk the dogs, work, and a shopping spree.
 B) Martina could not find time to walk the dogs, work, and shop.

5. 

 A) It is a shame that there are so many holidays that go uncelebrated.
 B) It is a shame that so many holidays go uncelebrated.

6. 

 A) While singing in the shower, the bar of soap slipped from her hands.
 B) The bar of soap slipped from her hands while she sang in the shower.

7. 

 A) When we looked back, we saw the dog following us.
 B) Looking back, the dog was following us.

8. 

 A) Lying on a stretcher, they carried him out.
 B) He was carried out on a stretcher.

9. 

 A) He grabbed the papers as they flew out the window.
 B) Flying out the window, he grabbed the papers.

10. 

 A) As I stepped off the bus, I saw the shopping center just ahead.
 B) Stepping off the bus, the shopping center was just ahead.


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