Parallelism and Subject-Verb Agreement

Identify the parallel structure in the following sentence: She enjoys reading, writing, and to paint.

• reading, writing, and to dance

• reading, writing, and to cook

• reading, writing, and painting

• reading, writing, and to draw

Correct the faulty parallelism in the following sentence: The team needs to work together, communicate effectively, and have patience.

• The team needs to work together, communicate effectively, and be patient.

• The team needs to work together, communicate effectively, and having patience.

• The team needs to working together, communicate effectively, and have patience.

• The team needs to work together, effectively communicate, and have patience.

Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement? A) The group of students is studying for the exam. B) The group of students are studying for the exam.

• E) The group of students were studying for the exam.

• A

• C) The group of students am studying for the exam.

• D) The group of students was studying for the exam.

Apply subject-verb agreement rules to the following sentence: The collection of rare books were/ was carefully preserved in the library.

• was

• be

• is

• were

Edit the following sentence for parallelism: The company aims to increase profits, expanding their market share, and to improve customer satisfaction.

• The company aims to increased profits, expand their market share, and improve customer satisfaction.

• The company aims to increase profits, expand their market share, and improve customer satisfaction.

• The company aims to increasing profits, expand their market share, and improving customer satisfaction.

• The company aims to increase profits, expanding their market share, and to improving customer satisfaction.

Identify the parallel structure in the following sentence: He likes to run, swim, and enjoys biking.

• He likes to run, swim, and biking

• likes to run, swim, and biking enjoys

• He enjoys to run, swim, and biking

• likes to run, swim, and enjoys biking

Correct the faulty parallelism in the following sentence: She is talented at singing, dancing, and to play the piano.

• to play piano

• played the piano

• playing the piano

• play the piano

Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement? A) The pair of shoes is on sale. B) The pair of shoes are on sale.

• C) The pair of shoes was on sale.

• B) The pair of shoes are on sale.

• D) The pair of shoes were on sale.

• A) The pair of shoes is on sale.

Apply subject-verb agreement rules to the following sentence: The committee members was/ were divided in their opinions.

• was

• is

• am

• were

Edit the following sentence for parallelism: The new policy aims to reduce costs, increasing efficiency, and to streamline operations.

• The new policy aims to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and streamline operations.

• The new policy aims to reduce costs, efficiency increasing, and streamline operations.

• The new policy aims to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and operations streamline.

• The new policy aims to reducing costs, increase efficiency, and streamline operations.