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name: jade hernandez date: 18-9-2025 period: 2 parallel structure gramm…

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name: jade hernandez date: 18-9-2025 period: 2
parallel structure
grammar practice ws #1

definition:
parallelism is the use of the same
grammatical form in a sentence to
relate ideas. within a sentence,
the words, phrases, or clauses
joined by a conjunction

purpose:
a sentence that has parallel structure
within its parts follow a pattern.
this makes the sentence easier to
read.

note:
when the sentence has parallelism, it
follows a pattern, and produces clarity.
this makes that sentences much easier
to read

section one: directions - the following sentences may have faulty parallelism. revise the sentences so that
they have parallelism. if a sentence is already parallel, write correct next to it.

  1. batman spends his nights sleeping and he eats doritos.
  1. as members of the baking club, nessie cullen stirs the batter and i roll the dough.
  1. the weather and scenery of brazil made esme cullen want to return soon.
  1. when we went to the mall, i searched for a pair of jeans, my cousin hunted for some kitchen supplies, and

jasper hale headed straight for the food court.

  1. before the party, peeta mellark will finish making the food, i will start the music, and our neighbor will

hang the streamers.

  1. during recess every day, luna lovegood memorizes, she rehearses, and performs scenes from her original

musical.

  1. the bodybuilder told dr. seuss that the secret to big muscles is eating steak, eating yogurt, and to eat

cauliflower.

  1. every time myrtle plays pinball, she is so interested, competing, and is entranced that it’s nearly impossible

to interrupt her.

Explanation:

Brief Explanations

The problem is about revising sentences for parallel structure in grammar, which falls under the subfield of Linguistics (or Writing) in the Arts discipline. For each sentence, we check the structure of the items in a series or the clauses to ensure they have the same grammatical form.

  1. Batman spends his nights sleeping and he eats Doritos.

Revision: Batman spends his nights sleeping and eating Doritos. (Make both actions in - ing form for parallelism.)

  1. As members of the baking club, Nessie Cullen stirs the batter and I roll the dough.

Revision: As members of the baking club, Nessie Cullen stirs the batter and I roll the dough. (This is already parallel as both clauses have the same subject - verb structure in the present simple tense. Wait, actually, to make it more parallel in terms of subject - verb agreement in structure, maybe "As members of the baking club, Nessie Cullen stirs the batter and I roll the dough" is correct, but if we want to make the subjects' actions more parallel in form, it's already correct. Wait, no, the original sentence has two independent clauses with the same subject - verb structure (subject + verb + object), so it is parallel. Wait, no, the subjects are different, but the structure of the clauses (subject + verb + object) is the same. So maybe it's correct? Wait, no, the problem says "may have faulty parallelism". Let's re - examine. The first clause: "Nessie Cullen stirs the batter" (subject - verb - object), the second: "I roll the dough" (subject - verb - object). So the structure is parallel. So we write CORRECT.

  1. The weather and scenery of Brazil made Esme Cullen want to return soon.

This sentence is parallel. The two nouns "weather" and "scenery" are in parallel as the subjects. So we write CORRECT.

  1. When we went to the mall, I searched for a pair of jeans, my cousin hunted for some kitchen supplies, and Jasper Hale headed straight for the food court.

Each clause has the structure: subject + verb + prepositional phrase (I searched for..., my cousin hunted for..., Jasper Hale headed for...). So the structure is parallel. So we write CORRECT.

  1. Before the party, Peeta Mellark will finish making the food, I will start the music, and our neighbor will hang the streamers.

Each clause has the structure: subject + will + verb + object (Peeta Mellark will finish..., I will start..., our neighbor will hang...). So the structure is parallel. So we write CORRECT.

  1. During recess every day, Luna Lovegood memorizes, she rehearses, and performs scenes from her original musical.

Revision: During recess every day, Luna Lovegood memorizes, rehearses, and performs scenes from her original musical. (Remove the subject "she" from the second clause to make the verbs "memorizes", "rehearses", "performs" parallel as they all have the same subject "Luna Lovegood".)

  1. The bodybuilder told Dr. Seuss that the secret to big muscles is eating steak, eating yogurt, and to eat cauliflower.

Revision: The bodybuilder told Dr. Seuss that the secret to big muscles is eating steak, eating yogurt, and eating cauliflower. (Make all the items in the series gerunds ( - ing form) for parallelism.)

  1. Every time Myrtle plays pinball, she is so interested, competing, and is entranced that it’s nearly impossible to interrupt her.

Revision: Every time Myrtle plays pinball, she is so interested, competitive, and entranced that it’s nearly impossible to interrupt her. (Change "competing" to an adjective "competitive" to be parallel with "interested" and "entranced", or…

Answer:

  1. Batman spends his nights sleeping and eating Doritos.
  2. CORRECT
  3. CORRECT
  4. CORRECT
  5. CORRECT
  6. During recess every day, Luna Lovegood memorizes, rehearses, and performs scenes from her original musical.
  7. The bodybuilder told Dr. Seuss that the secret to big muscles is eating steak, eating yogurt, and eating cauliflower.
  8. Every time Myrtle plays pinball, she is so interested, competitive, and entranced that it’s nearly impossible to interrupt her. (or other valid parallel revisions)