Parralel Structure Test

: Identify Parallel Structures

• 1. She likes reading, writing, and to paint.

• 1. He enjoys playing basketball, running, and swimming.

• 1. They were told to arrive early, to bring their tickets, and that they should be prepared.

• 1. The manager asked the team to be on time, to work efficiently, and to stay motivated.

• She wanted to go hiking, swimming, and to ride a bike.

Jeremy was excited about inviting friends over, eating a good meal, and _______________.

• a game of cards.

• to play cards.

• playing a game of cards.

• To playing a card game

Rachel has always enjoyed reading the book more than _________.

• I watched the movie version.

• watching the movie.

• to watch the movie.

• watched the movie version

Running, lifting, and _________ are three of my favorite exercises.

• racquetball

• a spinning class

• bicycling

• bicycle

The grocery store is recommended for fruit, vegetables, and _______.

• meat

• to buy meat

• buying meat

• bought meat

Sam likes camping, running, and __________.

• drive

• to drive

• driving

• drives

if you want to lose weight, eat small portions and _________.

• limit second helpings

• limiting second helpings

• to limit second helpings

• limited second helpings

Which example shows correct parallel structure?

• Some recommended exercise includes to run, to swim, and cycling.

• Recommended exercise includes running, swimming, and cycling.

• There are recommended exercise includes running, swimming, and to cycle.

• Recommended exercise includes running, to swim, and cycling.

Read this sentence.

The customer service representative was asked to deal with customers kindly, professionally, and in a helpful manner.

In this sentence, how is kindly, professionally, and in a helpful correctly written?

• kind, professionally, and helpful

• kindly, professionally, and helpfully.

• kindly, to be professional, and helpful.

• customers kindly, to be professional, and to be helpful.

Replace the underlined portion of the sentence with a choice that creates a parallel structure.

There are two ways to get a promotion: working hard or make friends.

• to working hard

• work hard

• no change

• worked hard