English 8-Parallellism

Choose the correct sentence which has a parallell structure.

• Janice gives food, clothing and shelter to the people.

• Janice gives food, clothes to wear, and shelter to the people.

Choose the correct sentence which has a parallell structure.

• Fred laughed when he saw a baby elephant holding onto its mother's tail and running along behind her.

• Fred laughed when he saw a baby elephant holding onto it's mother's tail and runs along with her.

Choose the correct sentence which has a parallell structure.

• The construction workers are active, able to do many works and industrious.

• The construction workers are active, skilled and industrious.

Choose the correct sentence which has a parallel structure.

• I admire people with strong convictions and who think for themselves.

• I admire people who have strong convictions and who think for themselves.

Choose the correct sentence which has a parallel structure.

• Arnold and Jack plays at the backyard, runs inside the room and jumps on their bed.

• Arnold and Jack are playing at the backyard, runs inside the room and jumping on their bed.

Choose the correct sentence which has a parallel structure.

• Marvin was happy to win the tournament but he was surprised.

• Marvin was happy to win the tournament and he also felt surprised.

It means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

• Rhyme

• Poem

• Parallelism

This is a group of words which are associated to Nouns.

• Verb Phrase

• Adverbial Phrase

• Noun Phrase

This is a part of speech which looks like a verb but can function as a noun.

• Noun

• Gerund

• Adjective

It is a group of words which are associated with the ACTIONS in the sentence.

• Verb Phrase

• Noun Phrase

• Adverbial Phrase