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Parallelism Exercises

The document provides directions for identifying sentences that lack parallel structure and choosing the option that creates parallelism when replacing the underlined portion. There are 10 sentences where one part of a list or series is not parallel to the other elements. The task is to select the choice that makes the structure of all elements in the list or series parallel.

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Parallelism Exercises

The document provides directions for identifying sentences that lack parallel structure and choosing the option that creates parallelism when replacing the underlined portion. There are 10 sentences where one part of a list or series is not parallel to the other elements. The task is to select the choice that makes the structure of all elements in the list or series parallel.

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Parallelism Exercise:

Directions: For each "non-parallel" sentence, replace the underlined portion with the choice that creates
a parallel structure. Check the box that precedes the best choice.

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

to learning

no change

2 Every morning, I run two miles, walk one mile, and half a mile on the bike.
half a mile.

bike half a mile.

no change

3 There are two ways to get a promotion: working hard or make friends in high places.
work hard

to working hard

no change

4 Many college students have the same goals: playing hard, doing well in classes, and a
job after graduation.
after graduation, a job.

finding a job after graduation.

no change

5 The man walked down the street, stopped at a shop window, and was fixing his tie.
fixed his tie.

to fix his tie.

no change

6 The chef chopped the parsley, peeled the tomatoes and cut the zucchini into cubes.
was cutting the zucchini into cubes

cubed the zucchini

no change
7 People often try to avoid eye contact with others, whether riding on a bus, strolling
through a shopping mall, or when they are in line at a supermarket.
waiting in line at a supermarket

in a supermarket line

no change

8 When trying to impress a prospective employer, people should pay attention to their
clothing, their posture, and that they don’t use too much slang.
if they use too much slang

their speech

no change

9 Critics argue that the television show trivializes violence, glamorizes drug use
and premarital sex.
encourages premarital sex

was encouraging premarital sex

no change

10 The bedroom was filled with old newspapers and radios that don’t work.
radios that are broken

broken radios

no change

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