Parallel Structure

Parallel structure is....

• when two lines are the same.

• is a repeated grammatical pattern in writing.

• when you have a run-on sentence.

• part of our rights in the U.S. Constitution.

When Delores realized that her father had made lima beans and rice for dinner, she __________, claimed to feel nauseous, and excused herself from the table. The bag of stale popcorn in her room would tide her over until breakfast.

• clutched her stomach

• was clutching her stomach

• did clutch her stomach

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or __________.

• refuses to scrub the bathtub

• won't scrub the bathtub

• scrub the bathtub

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

When Diane takes her beagle for a walk, Santana enjoys sniffing for edible garbage, __________, and lunging at squirrels.

• howls at bicyclists

• howling at bicyclists

• she howls at bicyclists

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

After Amanda cashes her paycheck, the money goes to her savings account, cappuccino fund, and __________.

• paying her credit card bill

• toward her credit card balance

• credit card balance

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

In preparation for her run, Alicia __________, applied sunscreen, and increased the volume on her iPod.

• tightened her shoelaces

• was tightening her shoelaces

• did tighten her shoelaces

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

We searched the car trunk, __________, and the top of the refrigerator, but we could not find the box of cornflakes that we remember buying.

• looked on the pantry shelves

• on the pantry shelves

• the pantry shelves

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Bonkers, our ninety pound golden retriever, chews on furniture, __________, and snots up the car windows—inconveniences we didn't anticipate when we adopted him.

• would drag us around the neighborhood during walks

• he drags us around the neighborhood during walks

• drags us around the neighborhood during walks

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Teresa was expecting a visit from her mother, so she spent the day cleaning the shelves of the refrigerator, scrubbing mold from the bathroom tile grout, and __________.

• she removed dog hair from the sofa cushions

• removing dog hair from the sofa cushions

• removed dog hair from the sofa cushions

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

When Noodle the poodle realized that the leash meant a bath, not a walk to the park, he growled, pulled, and __________.

• was leaping like a fish on a line

• he was leaping like a fish on a line

• leaped like a fish on a line

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D