Final Grammar Test

Planning, drafting, and ____ are three steps in the writing process.

Which word would make this sentence have parallel structure?

• revised

• revision

• revising

I could not wait to hop on that plane, to leave the country, and ______ the world.

Which word would make this sentence have parallel structure?

• exploring

• exploration

• to explore

Which sentence has parallel structure?

• Ari likes his new school. The teachers are good, the students are nice, and he likes the new building.

• Ari likes his new school. The teachers are good, the students are nice, and the building is new.

Which sentence has parallel structure?

• Be sure to pack your hairbrush, your alarm clock, and a toothbrush.

• Be sure to pack your hairbrush, your alarm clock, your toothbrush.

Items in a Series

Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure.

• We debated all aspects of the issue: moral, political, and cost.

• We debated all aspects of the issue: moral, political, and financial.

Correlative Conjunctions

Choose the sentences that have parallel structure.

• To cool the room, try either a window fan or a fan that you install on the ceiling.

• To cool the room, try either a window fan or a ceiling fan.

• To cool the room, try either a fan that you install in a window or a fan that you install on the ceiling.

Comparisons and Contrasts

Choose the sentences that have parallel structure.

• Most people prefer corn to beets.

• Most people prefer corn to eating beets.

• Most people prefer eating corn to eating beets.

The store manager always closes the store, sets the alarm, and

• makes sure to lock the door.

• locking the door.

• locks the door.

• lock the door.

On the weekends, she likes to read, to write, and …

• sing.

• to sing

• sings.

• singing.

Before you go to the movies, you need to do the dishes, vacuum the floor, and

• taking out the trash.

• took out the trash.

• takes out the trash.

• take out the trash.