13. A. I like to jog, bake, paint, and
watch movies.
B.I like to jog, bake, paint, and
watching movies.
C. I like jogging, baking, panting,
and watching movies
14. Another point to remember,
Parallel words. On the word
level, a noun should be group
with other nouns, an adjective
with other adjectives, and so
on.
15. A. The company is looking
for a candidate who is
friendly, organized,
meticulous, and is going to
arrive to work on time.
16. B. The company is
looking for a candidate
who is friendly,
organized, meticulous,
and punctual.
17. Another point to remember,
Parallel structure should be
used to balance a series of
phrases with the same
grammatical structure.
18. A. Initial trials showed that
exposure to the chemical
caused memory problems,
intermittent dizziness, and
prevents sleep.
19. B. Initial trials showed that
exposure to the chemical
caused memory problems,
intermittent dizziness, and
insomnia.
21. Although, lack of parallelism is
not always strictly incorrect,
sentences with parallel structure
are easier to read and add a
sense of balance to your writing.
25. Simple uses of parallelism create
readable and understandable
passages. Sentences are best
understood when structures in a
grammatical parallel fashion.
27. Read the sentences carefully and
check if the sentences have parallel
structures. If the structure is parallel,
write CORRECT on your answer
sheet. If the structure is NOT
parallel, change the underlined word
to make the sentence parallel.
28. 1. Pio visited and
enjoyed travelling around
South Korea.
29. 2. The hotel he booked was
clean, affordable and does
not have any broken
fixtures.
30. 3. Someday Enzo would
like to travel, see, and
experience other Asian
countries.
31. 4. He particularly would
like to visit Japan,
Taiwan, and where the
Thais are.
32. 5. Before he can travel, he
needs to write an essay, do
a film review, and focus on
his studies first.
33. 6. He likes reading about
Asian countries and to
listen to their music.
34. 7. North and South
Korean history interests
and is engaging for
Enzo.
39. Recall what you have
learned. Put a check mark
if the statement is True
and a cross if otherwise.
Do this on your answer
sheet.
40. 1. It refers to the use of the
same pattern of words to show
that two or more ideas have the
same level of importance.
41. 2. When sentences are
presented in different forms,
they are balanced and the
resulting sentence is smooth.
42. 3. In observing parallelism,
two words, phrases, or clauses
must be balanced.
43. 4. In the sentence: The pandemic
has taught us the value of unity,
health and safety awareness, and
discipline, the underlined parallel
structures are all nouns.
44. 5. Parallelism in using phrases is
observed in the statement: Every time
you smile at someone, it is an action
of love, a gift to that person, a
beautiful thing.
45. 6. Simple uses of
parallelism create readable
and understandable
sentences.
46. 7. The sentence I personally
find classical songs
beautiful, moving, and
inspiring, is nonparallel.
48. 9. The following series of phrases
show faulty parallelism: beautiful
pictures, loudly singing, playing
volleyball with friends, to cook
pasta for dinner.
49. 10. The statement Espinoza's
style was remarkable for its
dexterity, grace, and she could
play any position, uses parallel
nouns.
Editor's Notes
From the highlight word of the definition of parallelism. “SAME”
In this 4 pictures what could have the similarities?
But to make it easier, what is the different in the 4 pictures?
Which do you think is correct class?
Let’s see later on.
What about this? Please read.
Why is it singing?
Correct! So, what should we do to the word singing for it to become parallel to the other words?
Excellent class! Remove the -ing for the word to become basic form.
It is now, Dig, Cook, Dance, and sing
Which has a parallel structure? Anyone from the class?
Correct! But why do you think that B is not in a parallel structure class?
Meticulous – precise, very careful
Panctual – being on time
All are adjevtives
Which has a parallel structure?
In letter A friendly, organized, and meticulous is adjectives while is going to work on time is a verb phrase.
memory problems, intermittent dizziness, and insomnia are nouns.
Let us look back from our example earlier.
The answer is B because simplicity is anoun and beauty is also a noun. Simple is an adjective
letter B because both to give and to receive are infinitive phrases
Why is parallelism important in making sentences?
What did you learn today’s lesson class?
