Parallel Structure Practice

Chose the sentence that is grammatically parallel and explain your reasoning on the handout:

• The bees stung Gabriel's elbows, his nose, and stinging his pride.
• The bees stung Gabriel's elbows, his nose, and they made him feel silly.
• The bees stung Gabriel's elbows, his nose, and his pride.

Chose the sentence that is grammatically parallel and explain your reasoning on the handout:

• Paige wrote a screenplay, a book of poetry, and also wrote a stand-up comedy set.
• Paige wrote a screenplay, a book of poetry, and a stand-up comedy set.
• Paige wrote a screenplay, is working on a book of poetry, and a stand-up comedy set.

Chose the sentence that is grammatically parallel and explain your reasoning on the handout:

• Clarisse doesn’t reap, nor is she sowing.
• Clarisse doesn’t reap, nor does she sow.
• Clarisse doesn’t reap, and sowing is not a thing she does, either.

Correct the following sentence on your handout and include your reasoning:
I washed the dishes, am sweeping the floor, and dusted the mantel.

• Corrected - we got this!
• Not Corrected - help!

Correct the following sentence on your handout and include your reasoning:
As Elliot climbed the steps, he could see the marketplace stretching out before him: merchants hawked goods, families were browsing stalls, and teenagers spread gossip.

• Corrected - we got this!
• Not corrected - help!