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Parallelism C2 (E)

Grammar practice identifying parallel structure errors in sentences

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. The response is focused,
  2. and the writer uses
  3. appropriate vocabulary and displaying
  4. a progression of ideas.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. Do not confuse the dilettante,
  2. who has a certain amount of talent or ability,
  3. with the tyro,
  4. being the inexperienced beginner in some art.
  5. No error
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. I made up my mind to
  2. wheedle him, coax him
  3. and convincing him
  4. to join us for the picnic.
  5. No error
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. She shut down her computer,
  2. exited from the office,
  3. proceeding to make
  4. her way to the car park.
  5. No error
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

After the house was painted, the workers were served lemonade and then ate food.

  1. The workers were served lemonade and then ate food.
  2. lemonade was served to the guests and ate food.
  3. lemonade was served to the guests who then ate food.
  4. workers were served the lemonade and eating food.
  5. workers who then ate good were served lemonade.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. In no field of history,
  2. has the search for logical explanation been
  3. so diligent as the steady decline
  4. and fall of the Roman Empire.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. Citizens in the coastal cities responded directly to the war crisis
  2. in four distinct ways: Writing petitions to their readers,
  3. augmenting their towns' defences, selling ships
  4. to the government and armed their vessels for self- defence.
  5. No error
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. Any student who
  2. has high determination
  3. or is reasonably
  4. sharp can learn
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. The death penalty is also called for in cases of attempt
  2. to kill anyone investigating or prosecuting his or her activities;
  3. advising, directing, authorizing or
  4. to assist in the murder of someone.
  5. No error
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. The only way to deter crime is
  2. to prevent it from happening,
  3. rather than enforcing harsh punishment
  4. to “scare” off potential crimes.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. I have always studied the works of William Shakespeare
  2. not only for their characterization
  3. but also because they have very
  4. interesting plots.
  5. No error
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. In this particular profession I have realized and
  2. discovered that
  3. to be assiduous is more important
  4. than being intelligent.
  5. No error
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. Using history,
  2. logical and the dynamic nature of mankind
  3. as guidelines, Karl Marx attempts
  4. to map with a sequence of events
  5. which will eventually lead to utopia.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. The students during their vacation
  2. enjoyed riding on the horses,
  3. swimming in the pool,
  4. and particularly, to trek on the hills.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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, select (5)

  1. In his candid speech, the writer
  2. talks about his early years,
  3. his desire to become a renowned writer and
  4. how he made an important place for himself in the literary world.
  5. No error

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