Grammatical Parallelism
Test your ability to identify and correct parallel structure errors in English sentences. These questions assess your understanding of maintaining consistent grammatical forms within lists and comparisons.
Questions
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).
- Advertising provides useful information to
- consumers that tell them about the product
- and service choices, as well as explaining
- features, elaborating benefits, and tells prices
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
The (1) works of the author Herman Melville are literary creations of a high order, blending (2) fact, fiction, (3) adventure, and subtle (4) symbolic. (5) No error
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Although research has been ongoing (1) since 1930, the (2) existence of ESP – extra sensory perception – a communication without the (3) use of sight, (4) hear, taste, touch, or smell – is still disputed. (5) No error
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
- (5)
Directions: The part of the sentence that has been underlined may have an error. The part has been rewritten under answer options (1) to (5). Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.
In all the big cities, there is a flood of health clubs which claim to build strength, decrease stress level and weight is reduced.
- decrease stress level and weight is reduced
- decrease stress level and weight reduces
- decrease stress level and reduce weight
- decrease stress level and reduced weight
- decreasing stress level and reducing weight
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
(1) Some insects bear a remarkable resemblance to dead twigs, (2) being long, (3) slenderness, wingless, and (4) brownish in colour. (5) No error
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
(1) The question (2) here is not of autonomy (3) but devolution of (4) power to grass root level. (5) No error
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blank.
In the last three hundred years, man has created a magnificent industrial society, produced machines that do much of the work for him and _______.
- gathering an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe
- an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe has been gathered
- gathered an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe
- has gathered an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe
- did gather an ever-increasing knowledge of the universe
Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Critical thinkers are (1) able to identify (2) main issues, recognize (3) underlying assumptions, and (4) evaluating evidence. (5) No error
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
- (5)
Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blank.
At the beginning of economic growth, there are changes ________, in the work that they perform and in the manner in which they live.
- in what people consume
- in the pattern of what people consume
- in people's consumption pattern
- in the consumption pattern of people
- in the pattern of consumption of people
Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blank.
The mill management declared lock-out to minimize its losses arising out of the go slow activities of the workmen and also ___________ a lesson that they would not easily forget.
- for teaching the unions
- to teach the unions
- teaching the unions
- for the unions to learn
- taught the unions
Directions: The part of the sentence that has been underlined may have an error. The part has been rewritten under answer options (1) to (5). Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.
The government needs to focus on cutting unnecessary red tapism rather than to worry about a partly reduction in card fees.
- rather than to worry about a partly reduction in card fees
- rather to worry about a partly reduction in card fees
- rather than to worry about a part reduction in card fees
- rather than worrying about a partly reduction in card fees
- rather than to worry for a part reduction in card fees
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:" small;=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa="">Directions:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa=""> This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Even though he was over ninety he still enjoyed reading novels and sometimes spend an evening at the cinema.
- enjoyed reading novels and sometimes spend an evening at the cinema
- enjoyed reading novels and sometimes spending an evening at the cinema
- enjoyed reading novels and sometime spend an evening at the cinema
- enjoyed reading novels and sometimes spent an evening at the cinema