USING ACTIVE CONCISE VERBS SKILL PRACTICE PAGE 3

C. Rewrite the following sentences unburying the elongated verb.

1. Mr. Kelly gave me his assurance that he would be here.

2. Ms. Porter gave an explanation of cost accounting to our entire staff.

3. Mr. Browns delivery of his speech was slow and deliberate.

4. The deletion of unnecessary paragraphs was the intention of the review committee.