Punctuation, Parallelisms and Common Mistakes!

Which sentence demonstrates correct parallelism?

• She likes to read, to swim, and going for a hike.

• She likes to read, swimming, and hiking.

• She likes reading, to swim, and hike.

• She likes reading, swimming, and hiking.

Identify the sentence that maintains parallelism.

• The committee decided to meet, to discuss, and making a plan.

• The committee decided to meet, discuss, and make a plan.

• The committee decided meeting, to discuss, and to make a plan.

• The committee decided to meet, to discuss, and to make a plan.

Which option illustrates correct parallelism in a list?

• For breakfast, I had eggs, toast, and to drink coffee.

• For breakfast, I had eggs, toast, and coffee.

• For breakfast, I had to eat eggs, toast, and drinking coffee.

• For breakfast, I had eggs, toasting bread, and coffee.

Find the error in this parallelism: "He enjoys playing football, to sing in the shower, and eating pizza."

• playing football

• to sing in the shower

• and eating pizza

• There's no mistake

Identify the sentence that contains a parallelism error: "She enjoys reading books, to write stories, and going for walks."

• going for walks

• to write stories

• reading books

• There's no mistake

"Which sentence contains an error in parallelism?"

• He is a man of integrity, courage, and wisdom.

• They value honesty, loyalty, and perseverance.

• She spends her time reading, writing, and to paint.

• The speaker was both informative and entertaining.

"Which of the following is a run-on sentence?"

• The dog barked.

• The dog barked, the cat hissed.

• The dog barked, and the cat hissed.

• The dog barked; the cat hissed.

"Which sentence needs to be corrected for a run-on?"

• The sun was setting, and the birds were singing.

• The sun was setting the birds were singing.

• The sun was setting, but the birds were singing.

• None

How can the following run-on sentence be corrected? 'I wanted to go for a walk it was raining.'

• I wanted to go for a walk, it was raining.

• I wanted to go for a walk and it was raining.

• I wanted to go for a walk, but it was raining.

How can the following comma splice be corrected? 'The rain fell, the streets flooded.'

• The rain fell, and the streets flooded.

• The rain fell; the streets flooded

• The rain fell. The streets flooded.

• All of the them.