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Aug '25 (edited) • Quizzes

More Writing & Editing Exercises

Rewrite this passage to lead with the most powerful idea:

“The company has been through ups and downs in the past decade. Revenues have swung widely, staff morale has varied, and competitors have been tough. Yet, this year it posted the biggest profit in its history.”

2. Edit down this passage to about half its current length, while keeping the meaning intact:

“In today’s modern society, people are often finding themselves in situations where they feel a significant amount of pressure and stress due to the increasingly busy and fast-paced nature of the environments in which they are living and working. As a result of this ongoing situation, many individuals are beginning to realise that there is a very real and urgent need to take deliberate, conscious steps toward activities and practices that might help them to better manage and, ideally, reduce their levels of stress for the sake of both their mental as well as their physical health.”

3. Rewrite the passage below for three different audiences:

Board of Directors
Teenagers
Op-Ed for the Public

“The city council has approved a plan to plant 10,000 new trees over the next five years to improve air quality and provide more green spaces for residents.”

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