Parallel Structure

Justin was excited about inviting friends over, eating a good meal, and _______________.

• a game of cards.

• to play cards.

• playing a game of cards.

I have always enjoyed reading the book more than _________.

• I watched the movie version.

• watching the movie.

• to watch the movie.

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

• He wanted three things out of college: to learn a skill, to make good friends, and to learn about life.
  
  
• He wanted three things out of college: to learn a skill, to make good friends, and learning about life.

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

• We found the film repulsive, offensive, and we thought it was embarrassing.
  
  
• We found the film repulsive, offensive, and embarrassing.

Which grammatical structure is repeated in Jefferson's statement from the "Declaration"?

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

• nouns

• verbs

• adjectives

• clauses

Which grammatical structure is being used in the sentence below:

"Because I grew up in Switzerland, I read and speak both French and German."

• nouns and verbs

• adjectives and verbs

• adjectives and pronouns

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

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

• howls at bicyclists

• howling at bicyclists

• she howls at bicyclists

In Mrs. Curall's office, Ruben feigned the flu. He hoped to be excused from class, get an extension on his paper, and __________.

• spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends

• to spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends

• then to spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends

Parallel Structure or Parallelism is...

• a repeated grammatical pattern

• how two complete sentences are joined together

• when two things happen at the same time

• how two lines never intersect