Avoiding Repetition

"I won’t clean my room today." "You should clean your room today." Choose the option to replace the words in italics so as to avoid repetition in the second sentence.

• shall

• should

• could

• All of the above are correct.

Look at the text below. Rewrite the paragraph. Improve it by replacing the words in bold with personal pronouns.

"Mike is my brother. Mike is 17. Everyone loves Mike." To improve these sentences, we use pronouns- "He is 17. Everyone loves him." So what is the function of pronouns?

• replace a previously mentioned noun

• avoid repetition

Choose the best option to replace the repeated word in the sentence: 'Sarah loves her cat. Sarah takes her cat for a walk every day.'

• A) She

• B) Her

• C) It

• D) They

Identify the sentence that correctly avoids repetition: 'The book was interesting. The book was long.'

• A) The book was interesting and long.

• B) The book was interesting. It was long.

• C) It was interesting and long.

• D) The book was interesting, and the book was long.

Which of the following sentences uses a pronoun to avoid repetition?

• A) John went to the store. John bought milk.

• B) John went to the store. He bought milk.

• C) John went to the store. John went home.

• D) John went to the store. John bought milk and John went home.

In the sentence 'The teacher gave the students their assignments. The teacher explained the assignments to the students.', which word can replace 'the teacher' to avoid repetition?

• A) He

• B) She

• C) They

• D) It

What is the purpose of using synonyms in writing?

• A) To make the text longer

• B) To avoid repetition

• C) To confuse the reader

• D) To use more complex words

Choose the sentence that best avoids repetition: 'The dog barked loudly. The dog woke up the neighbors.'

• A) The dog barked loudly and woke up the neighbors.

• B) The dog barked loudly. It woke up the neighbors.

• C) The dog barked loudly. The dog woke up the neighbors.

• D) The dog barked loudly, and the dog woke up the neighbors.

Which sentence uses a conjunction to avoid repetition?

• A) I like apples. I like oranges.

• B) I like apples, and I like oranges.

• C) I like apples and oranges.

• D) I like apples. I like oranges and bananas.