Parallel Sentencea

Which of the following sentences has a parallel structure?

• Linda likes biking, rodeos, and to build birdhouses.

• Linda likes biking, attending rodeos, and building birdhouses.

• Linda likes to bike-ride, attending rodeos, and to build birdhouses.

• Linda likes to ride bikes, attend rodeos, and to build birdhouses.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Choose the correct sentence that follows a parallel structure:

• I would like to eat potatoes, to eat turkey and to drink water.

• I would like to eat potatoes, drink water and to eat turkey.

• I would like eating potatoes and turkey and to drink water.

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Choose the correct sentence that follows a parallel structure:

• Jennifer likes skiing, to jog and to swim.

• Jennifer likes to ski, to jog and swimming.

• Jennifer likes skiing, jogging and swimming.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Identify the parallel structure in the following sentence: 'She was always late, always disorganized, and always forgetful.'

• sometimes late, sometimes organized, and sometimes forgetful.

• never late, never disorganized, and never forgetful.

• often late, often disorganized, and often forgetful.

• always late, always disorganized, and always forgetful.

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Choose the correct parallel structure for the sentence: She enjoys reading books, watching movies, and _____________. a) to listen to music b) listens to music c) listen to music d) listening to music

• a) to listen to music

• d) listening to music.

• b) listens to music

• c) listen to music

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

Which word would make this sentence have parallel structure?

• revised

• revision

• revising

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Parallel Structure or Parallelism is...

• a repeated grammatical pattern

• joins two complete sentences together

• when two things happen at the same time

• how you write the Declaration of Independence

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Replace the underlined portion of the sentence with a choice that creates a parallel structure.

Learning a new language as an adult is more difficult than to learn one as a child.

• learning

• to learning

• learned

• no change

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Correct this sentence: Martha likes to swim, skiing, and to dance.

• Martha likes to swim, to ski, and to dance.

• Martha likes to swimming, to skiing, and to dancing.

• Martha likes to swim, skiing, and to sing.

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Which of the following uses correct parallelism?

• 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.

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