Understanding Parallelism in Writing

The video tutorial introduces the concept of parallelism in grammar, explaining its importance in improving writing style and readability. It provides examples of parallel and non-parallel structures, demonstrating how to correct sentences to achieve parallelism. The tutorial covers balancing parts of speech, such as nouns, adjectives, and gerunds, and discusses the use of parallelism in different tenses, including past and past perfect. The video concludes with practical examples of correcting sentences to maintain grammatical uniformity.

What is the primary purpose of using parallelism in writing?

• To use more complex vocabulary

• To confuse the reader

• To improve writing style and readability

• To make sentences longer

Which of the following sentences lacks parallelism?

• We will eat, drink, and be merry.

• He enjoys swimming, running, and biking.

• She likes cooking, jogging, and reading.

• They are singing, dancing, and to play.

Identify the correct parallel structure for the sentence: 'He likes to swim and running.'

• He likes to swim and to run.

• He likes swimming and to run.

• He likes swimming and running.

• He likes to swim and running.

Which sentence demonstrates correct parallelism?

• The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and down the alley he sprinted.

• The dog ran across the yard, jumping over the fence, and sprinted down the alley.

• The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and sprinted down the alley.

• The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and down the alley sprinted.

What is the correct parallel structure for the sentence: 'He is tall, cool, and has charm'?

• He is tall, cool, and charm.

• He is tall, cool, and has charm.

• He is tall, cool, and charming.

• He is tall, cool, and charmingly.

Which of the following sentences correctly uses parallelism with gerunds?

• He likes dancing, swimming, and painting.

• He likes to dance, swimming, and painting.

• He likes to dance, to swim, and painting.

• He likes dancing, to swim, and painting.

How should the sentence 'The Romans are conquering, colonized, and governed much of the world' be corrected?

• The Romans are conquering, colonized, and governing much of the world.

• The Romans conquer, colonized, and governed much of the world.

• The Romans are conquering, colonizing, and governing much of the world.

• The Romans conquered, colonized, and governed much of the world.

Which sentence correctly uses past perfect tense with parallelism?

• He had finished the game, took a shower, and had eaten lunch.

• He had finished the game, had taken a shower, and had eaten lunch.

• He finished the game, had taken a shower, and had eaten lunch.

• He had finished the game, took a shower, and eaten lunch.

What is the correct version of the sentence: 'Her husband had bought a car, found a job, and choose a school for the children before she arrived'?

• Her husband had bought a car, found a job, and chose a school for the children before she arrived.

• Her husband had bought a car, found a job, and choose a school for the children before she arrived.

• Her husband bought a car, found a job, and choose a school for the children before she arrived.

• Her husband had bought a car, found a job, and chosen a school for the children before she arrived.

Which sentence demonstrates correct parallelism?

• Renting an apartment can be as expensive as to buying a house.

• Renting an apartment can be as expensive as buying a house.

• Renting an apartment can be as expensive as buy a house.

• Renting an apartment can be as expensive as to buy a house.