1. Parallelism

2. What is parallelism?
Parallelism means that similar parts of a sentence have the same structure: nouns are with nouns, verbs with verbs, and phrases with phrases.
NOT
PARALLEL I like singing, kayaking, and to dance.
PARALLEL I like singing, kayaking, and dancing.

3. Make sure to use parallelism in the following cases:
When joining two or more items with and or or: The party featured a four-foot cake and a singing gorilla.
In comparisons: Taking the train is as fast as driving a car.
With certain paired words (like both/and, either/or, and neither/nor): Marla both bakes bread and fixes cars.

4. 1. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
Ella’s job responsibilities include ____, training, and informing workers of company policies.
A) to hire
B) hired
C) hire
D) hiring

5. 1. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
Ella’s job responsibilities include ____, training, and informing workers of company policies.
ANSWER:
A) to hire
B) hired
C) hire
D) hiring

6. 2. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
Henry likes pizza more than _______.
A) spinach
B) to eat spinach
C) to be eating spinach
D) eating spinach

7. 2. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
Henry likes pizza more than _______.
ANSWER:
A) spinach
B) to eat spinach
C) to be eating spinach
D) eating spinach

8. 3. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
He drove to the store to buy milk, eggs, and _______.
A) to get bread
B) bread
C) getting bread
D) to buy bread

9. 3. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
He drove to the store to buy milk, eggs, and _______.
ANSWER:
A) to get bread
B) bread
C) getting bread
D) to buy bread

10. 4. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
Tom jogs, swims, and _________.
A) he is kick boxing
B) kick boxes
C) he kick boxes
D) kick boxing

11. 4. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
Tom jogs, swims, and _________.
ANSWER:
A) he is kick boxing
B) kick boxes
C) he kick boxes
D) kick boxing

12. 5. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
The film had many stars, used various special effects, and ________.
A) violence
B) featured graphic violence
C) it was violent
D) violent

13. 5. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
The film had many stars, used various special effects, and ________.
ANSWER:
A) violence
B) featured graphic violence
C) it was violent
D) violent

14. 6. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
I think that learning a new language is harder than _______.
A) math
B) to learn math
C) learning math

15. 6. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
I think that learning a new language is harder than _______.
ANSWER:
A) math
B) to learn math
C) learning math

16. 7. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
For some very shy people, giving a speech can be as frightening as _________.
A) having a serious illness
B) illness
C) to have an illness

17. 7. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
For some very shy people, giving a speech can be as frightening as _________.
ANSWER:
A) having a serious illness
B) illness
C) to have an illness

18. 8. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
That football team has both a good offense and _________.
A) it has a good defense
B) a good defense
C) having a good defense

19. 8. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
That football team has both a good offense and _________.
ANSWER:
A) it has a good defense
B) a good defense
C) having a good defense

20. 9. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
Bob is not only loyal to friends but also ________.
A) he is friendly to strangers
B) to be friendly to strangers
C) friendly to strangers

21. 10. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
Bob is not only loyal to friends but also ________.
ANSWER:
A) he is friendly to strangers
B) to be friendly to strangers
C) friendly to strangers