Grammar: Parallel Structure (Easy)
Practice identifying and correcting parallel structure errors in sentences. Easy level questions focusing on maintaining consistent grammatical forms in lists and compound phrases.
Questions
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- Moral fashions don't
- seem to be created
- the way ordinary
- fashions
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- The response is focused,
- and the writer uses
- appropriate vocabulary and displaying
- a progression of ideas
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- Do not confuse the dilettante,
- who has a certain amount of talent or ability,
- with the tyro,
- being the inexperienced beginner in some art
- No error
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- I made up my mind to
- wheedle him, coax him
- and convincing him
- to join us for the picnic
- No error
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- She shut down her computer,
- exited from the office,
- proceeding to make
- her way to the car park
- No error
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- The death penalty is also called for in cases of attempt
- to kill anyone investigating or prosecuting,
- or in any way advising, directing, authorizing or
- to assist in the murder of someone
- No error
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- The students during their vacation
- enjoyed riding on the horses,
- swimming in the pool,
- and particularly, to trek on the hills
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- I have always studied the works of William Shakespeare
- not only for their characterization
- but also because they have very
- interesting plots
Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- The aims of the European Economic Community
- are to eliminate tariffs between member countries;
- developing common policies for agriculture, labour, welfare, trade and transportation;
- and to abolish trusts and cartels
Directions: The following sentence has been split into five parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error.
- Everyone of us has realized that
- without his helping us we would
- not have succeeded in meeting
- our deadlines and to abolish