WorksheetsParallel Structure
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Justin was excited about inviting friends over, eating a good meal, and _______________.
a game of cards.
to play cards.
playing a game of cards.
I have always enjoyed reading the book more than _________.
I watched the movie version.
watching the movie.
to watch the movie.
Which grammatical structure is repeated in Jefferson's statement from the "Declaration"?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
nouns
verbs
adjectives
clauses
Which grammatical structure is being used in the sentence below:
"Because I grew up in Switzerland, I read and speak both French and German."
nouns and verbs
adjectives and verbs
adjectives and pronouns
To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or __________.
refuses to scrub the bathtub
won't scrub the bathtub
scrub the bathtub
When Diane takes her beagle for a walk, it enjoys sniffing for edible garbage, __________, and lunging at squirrels.
howls at bicyclists
howling at bicyclists
she howls at bicyclists
In Mrs. Curall's office, Ruben feigned the flu. He hoped to be excused from class, get an extension on his paper, and __________.
spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends
to spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends
then to spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends
Parallel Structure or Parallelism is...
a repeated grammatical pattern
how two complete sentences are joined together
when two things happen at the same time
how two lines never intersect
Parallel structure creates patterns that are easy to follow so the reader understand the main idea.
true
false
Read this sentence.
Scientists and meteorologists are currently studying storms and try to find better ways of predicting them.
How is this sentence correctly written?
Scientists and meteorologists are currently studying storms and to try to find better ways of predicting them.
Scientists and meteorologists are currently studying storms and tried to find better ways of predicting them.
as it is
Scientists and meteorologists are currently studying storms and trying to find better ways of predicting them.
We looked everywhere for the car keys--under the sofa cushions, _______, and on the counters and tabletops. All along, Andrew had them in the front pocket of his jeans!
our search included the trash can
searching for them in the trash can
in the trash can
we searched for them in the trash can
