Concision Practice

For each sentence, rephrase the underlined portion so that it is simpler.

1. I bought these cookies so that they would be eaten by you and I.

2. Every single person that goes to the same school as I do knows Jason.

3. We are in the process of preparing a meal.

4. We are going to be going to the school dance.

5. To speak in an honest manner, I really don't like that paint color.

6. I had not even begun to wake up when the earthquake happened.

7. The color of those drapes is perhaps almost kind of seafoam green.

8. I have known my friend Miles for I think almost, but not quite, four months.

9. Before the innovation of the drug known as penicillin, there was no way to treat many common.

10. Tomorrow we will use a catapult for the flinging of our flying machines.