Evaluation for Parallelism Grade 10

Exercising can give you more energy, improve your appearance, develop self-discipline, and people who exercise often live longer. Which part of the sentence has unparalleled structure?

• A.   give you more energy

•      B. improve your appearance    

•      C. develop self-discipline.     

• D. people who exercise often live longer.

2. 2. She wants to get a job, make some money, splurge in the mall, and she’d like to  buy a car. Which of the options below shows unparalleled structure?

• a. get a job.                     

• b. make some money.      

• c. splurge in the mall.

• d. she’d like to buy a car.

Which among the sentences below uses gerunds in building coherence through parallelism?

•       a. Alan is intelligent, 

  patient, and experienced.

• b. Alan has intelligence, 

  patience, and experience.

•       c. Alan is good at calculating figures, formatting     

              documents, and identifying errors.

• d. Alan can calculate figures, format documents, and

         identify errors.

Which among the sentences below uses nouns in building coherence through parallelism?     

•       a. Alan is intelligent, 

  patient, and experienced.

•       b. Alan has intelligence, 

  patience, and experience.

•       c. Alan is good at calculating figures, formatting 

  documents, and identifying errors.

•       d. Alan can calculate figures, format documents, and             identify errors.

Among the ways parallelism can help research writers, which does NOT belong?      

•      a. It helps avoid grammatically incorrect sentences.

•      b. It adds a sense of balance to the writing.

•      c. It makes a speaker write good outline.

• d. It improves writing style.