Mastering Elliptical Sentences

Rewrite the sentence: 'She is a talented musician and she plays the piano beautifully.'

• She plays the piano beautifully as a talented musician.

• A talented musician, she beautifully plays the piano.

• She is a musician and plays the piano well.

• As a talented musician, she plays the piano beautifully.

Transform: 'The book that I borrowed from you is very interesting and it has a lot of information.'

• The magazine I lent you is very interesting and full of facts.

• The book I borrowed from you is very informative and interesting.

• The book I returned to you is very boring and has no information.

• The novel I borrowed from you is quite dull and lacks details.

Remove redundancy: 'He is a very fast runner and he runs very quickly.'

• He quickly runs very fast.

• He is a very fast runner.

• He is a slow runner.

• He runs very fast.

Apply punctuation: 'Although it was raining heavily we decided to go for a walk.'

• Although it was raining heavily, we decided to go for a walk.

• Although it was raining heavily we, decided to go for a walk.

• Although, it was raining heavily; we decided to go for a walk.

• Although it was raining heavily we decided to go for a walk.

Change to elliptical: 'I enjoy reading books, and my sister enjoys reading books too.'

• I enjoy reading books, and my sister enjoys books too.

• I enjoy reading, and my sister enjoys reading books too.

• I enjoy reading books, and my sister enjoys reading too.

• I enjoy reading books, and my sister does too.

Simplify: 'The reason why he was late was because of traffic.'

• He arrived late due to a meeting.

• He was delayed because of construction.

• Traffic was the reason for his tardiness.

• He was late due to traffic.

Eliminate redundancy: 'The committee made a decision to approve the proposal and they approved it.'

• The committee rejected the proposal.

• The committee discussed the proposal.

• The committee made a decision about the proposal.

• The committee approved the proposal.

Transform: 'If you want to succeed, you must work hard and you must be dedicated.'

• To succeed, you need luck and connections.

• Success comes from talent alone.

• Hard work is overrated for success.

• To succeed, work hard and be dedicated.

Rewrite: 'The movie that we watched last night was thrilling and it kept us on the edge of our seats.'

• The play we attended last night was confusing and unengaging.

• The documentary we viewed last night was boring and uninteresting.

• The series we watched last night was dull and predictable.

• The film we saw last night was exciting and kept us captivated.

Remove unnecessary phrases: 'In my opinion, I think that the project is a great success.'

• I believe the project is successful.

• This project has many issues.

• The project is a failure.

• The project is a great success.