Parallel Structure English Quiz

The given statement describes a sequence of actions performed by someone. All of the actions utilize the past tense form of the verbs “start,” “release,” and “check,” so this sentence has the correct parallel structure.

The sentence states that the audience cheered, laughed, and cried too. This implies that the audience had a positive and emotional response to whatever was happening. Since the sentence accurately reflects this, the answer is correct.

To have a correct parallel structure, the given sentence should be “Alec’s favorite subjects are Spanish, journalism, and math. Adding the phrase “and he likes math also” is unnecessary and affects the parallelism of the statement.

The given answer is correct because it states that she decided to quit her job and travel the world. This implies that she made a conscious decision to leave her job and pursue her desire to travel. While the verb “decided” is in the past tense, the subsequent verbs following the preposition “to” (“quit” and “travel”) are both used in the infinitive form and, therefore, parallel in structure.

The given statement utilizes the verbs “going” and “is” which are in different forms and therefore not parallel. The verb “is” should be replaced with the “-ing” form of the verb “to be” which is “becoming.” The corrected sentence would then be “The movie starts with a girl going into a bar and becoming scared.”

To correct the parallel structure in the sentence, you could revise it to maintain a consistent form for the items in the series. For example:

"He suggested two new magazines and seeing a film as well."

This revision ensures that both elements of the suggestion ("two new magazines" and "seeing a film") are presented in a similar grammatical form, thereby maintaining parallel structure.

The given statement is structured as a clause describing a specific group of people who don’t eat well but are healthy. Since there is no verb describing an action performed by the group or giving context to the group, the statement is not a complete sentence. The word “yet” can be removed so that the phrase “are healthy” is no longer attached to the noun, making the statement a complete sentence. Alternatively, the sentence could be changed to have “There are” at the beginning to give context to the noun.

The sentence "Mrs. Pompeo was so shocked that she had to sit down" is grammatically correct. It follows proper syntax, maintains tense consistency, and uses "so...that" correctly to express cause and effect. The subject "Mrs. Pompeo" is appropriately matched with the verbs "was" and "had." Additionally, the sentence is clear and concise, conveying its meaning without ambiguity or grammatical flaws. Therefore, there is no issue with its structure or usage.

The given statement utilizes the verbs “reads,” “listens,” and “watches.” However, the pronoun “he” is used before “watches,” affecting the parallelism of the sentence.