Parallel Structure

Multiple Choice

The store manager always closes the store, sets the alarm, and

• makes sure to lock the door.

• locking the door.

• locks the door.

• lock the door.

Multiple Choice

On the weekends, she likes to read, to write, and …

• sing.

• to sing

• sings.

• singing.

Multiple Choice

Before you go to the movies, you need to do the dishes, vacuum the floor, and

• taking out the trash.

• took out the trash.

• takes out the trash.

• take out the trash.

Multiple Choice

Correct this sentence: I came; I saw; I have conquered.

• I came; I saw; I conquered

• I came; I have seen; I have conquered.

• Come see me conquer.

Multiple Choice

Monica brewed espresso, steamed milk, and ________ jokes as she prepared Mike’s latte.

• tells

• will tell

• told

• was telling

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses parallel structure?

• Original, imaginative, and fantastic describe the techniques of Dali's paintings.

• Original, imaginative, and seeming fantastic describe the techniques of Dali's paintings.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses parallel structure?

• Her excuses bothered me more than her absence.

• Her excuses bothered me more than her being absent.

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that illustrates the use of proper parallel construction.

• Mr. Nguyen kept his store clean, neat, and he made it conveniently arranged.

• Mr. Nguyen kept his store clean, neat, and conveniently arranged.

Multiple Choice

Correct this Phrase: Like father, similar son.

• Fathers and sons are alike.

• Fathers and like son.

• Like father, like son.

Multiple Choice

Parallel Structure or Parallelism is...

• joins two complete sentences together

• a repeated grammatical pattern

• how you write the Declaration of Independence

• when two things happen at the same time