Parallelism & Degree of Comparison Quiz

To succeed in this course, students must be diligent, determined, and ___.

• they must focus

• focusing

• have focus

• focused

• be focusing

Answer explanation

Struktur paralel dengan “diligent, determined, and focused” (semua adjektiva).

The coach asked us to warm up quickly, stretch properly, and ___.

• be practicing hard

• to practice hard

• practice hard

• the hard practice

• practiced hardly

Answer explanation

Pola verb parallel: “to warm up, stretch, and practice”.

She enjoys reading novels, watching documentaries, and ___.

• write

• writing

• to write

• she writes

• wrote

Answer explanation

“Reading, watching, and writing” adalah paralel dalam bentuk gerund.

Not only did he fail the test, but he __ the project as well.

• had also failed

• also failing

• fail also

• has also fail

• also fails

Answer explanation

“Not only… but also…” membutuhkan konstruksi paralel dan waktu lampau.

His responsibilities include managing the budget, supervising staff, and ___.

• that he updates reports

• to update the reports

• updating the reports

• updates the reports

• update reports

Answer explanation

“Managing, supervising, and updating” → gerund parallel.

She is not only intelligent but also ___.

• beauty

• beautifully

• beautiful

• more beauty

• with beauty

Answer explanation

“Intelligent” adalah adjektiva, maka pasangan paralelnya juga harus adjektiva.

The candidate promised to reduce taxes, improve infrastructure, and ___.

• will increase healthcare

• increasing healthcare

• to increase healthcare

• increase healthcare

• be increasing healthcare

Answer explanation

“To reduce, improve, and increase” → verb infinitive tanpa to (konsisten).

What makes her stand out is her creativity, persistence, and ___.

• being passionate

• she is passionate

• passion

• passionate

• to be passionate

Answer explanation

“Creativity, persistence, and passion” → ketiganya adalah noun.

The best leaders are those who inspire others, act with integrity, and ___.

• lead by example

• leadership by example

• be leading example

• leads by example

• leader with example

Answer explanation

Verb phrase yang paralel: “inspire, act, and lead”.

The report was not only poorly organized but also ___.

• contained many errors

• was containing errors

• with many errors

• containing of errors

• contained much mistake

Answer explanation

"Was... but also..." harus diikuti dengan bentuk paralel dalam struktur verb.