Ellipsis Exercises

“Would she have known the truth?” → Write: “Possibly, _______, but it’s unlikely.”

The ellipsis is most commonly used to show a pause, an interruption, or omitted text in a quote.

Write a short dialogue using an ellipsis to indicate trailing off:

"My parents think saving money is important, and I think saving money is important too." 3. Substitution vs. Ellipsis

This puzzle is more difficult than that one was.

Revise these sentences by omitting the repeated verb phrase.

Omit repeated nouns or verbs after than or as .

Read the following sentence and rewrite it using an ellipsis to omit the words in brackets: