Parallelism Practice

Choose the sentence that has parallel structure

• He came, he saw, and he received.
• He came, he wanted to see, but he didn't. 
• He came; he started to ask; he didn't want to. 
• He saw, didn't come or receive. 

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Choose the correct words to make the sentence parallel. 
Ron was an expert tennis player and __________.

• went fishing
• fished
• liked to go fishing
• an avid fisherman

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When I was in high school, I learned piano and how to play the guitar. 

• Parallel
• Not parallel

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The actor taught his student how to read, how to stand, how to cry, and to talk with fans.

• Parallel
• Not parallel

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Karen wished Ray chewed with his mouth closed, for otherwise he was everything she wanted in a date; he was tall, intelligent, and __________.

• he looked good
• being good looking
• one handsome man to look at
• handsome

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I have always enjoyed reading the book more than _____________________.

• watches the movie.

• to watch the movie.

• watching the movie.

• I watched the movie version.

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When the weather outside is cold and ________, I like to be indoors.

• gets windy

• starting to get windy

• getting windy

• windy

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Running, lifting, and ____________ are three of Ashley’s favorite exercises.

• racquetball

• a spinning class

• bicycle

• bicycling

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Bob had an active life: he swam twenty laps, ran five miles, and ___________________.

• lifted weights every day

• lift weights every day

• lifting weights every day

• to lift weights every day

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My dog not only likes to play fetch, but he also _____________

• to like chasing cars.

• liked to chase cars.

• like to chase cars.

• likes to chase cars.

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