Grade 8 Parallelism

Parallelism is the matching of the forms of words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence.

• True

• False

He went shopping and buys a new shirt.

• Wrong

• Right

James can speak English and speaking Italian.

• Wrong

• Right

She likes to run, swim and play football.

• Wrong

• Right

She loves meeting new people, cooking and to travel.

• Wrong

• Right

We should listen and communicate with others.

• Wrong

• Right

He was cooking and chatting with her housemate.

• Wrong

• Right

The dog sat and waited for its owner.

• Wrong

• Right

Parallelism is the way that we pattern writing so that similar elements in a sentence are grammatically equivalent. That is, if there are two or more subjects, they are all nouns or noun phrases.

• Wrong

• Right

Ryan likes swimming , hiking, and to ride a motorcycle.

• Parallel

• Not Parallel