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Parallel Structure

The document discusses parallel structure in grammar. It provides examples of sentences that use parallel structure by repeating the same grammatical structure in a list. The examples include sentences using conjunctions like "and", "but", "or", and "neither/nor" to connect parallel elements with the same structure. It then provides examples of sentences for the learner to determine if they are correct or incorrect uses of parallel structure.

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Parallel Structure

The document discusses parallel structure in grammar. It provides examples of sentences that use parallel structure by repeating the same grammatical structure in a list. The examples include sentences using conjunctions like "and", "but", "or", and "neither/nor" to connect parallel elements with the same structure. It then provides examples of sentences for the learner to determine if they are correct or incorrect uses of parallel structure.

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PARALLEL STRUCTURE

And Both And


Same structure But Same structure Either same structure Or same structure
Or Neither Nor
Not Only But Also

Example:
He only eats and sleeps when he takes vacation
She is not a teacher but a lawyer
I am not interested in what you say or what yo do
I want to go both shopping and travelling
He wants to go either by train or by plane
The tickets neither in my pocket nor in my pursue
He is not only an excellent student but also an outstanding athlete

Contoh soal:
Correct/Incorrect
1. ___ The sick child needs some medicine, some juice and to rest
2. ___ The report could be in the file or on the desk
3. ___ Both the tailor and the laundress could fix the broken dress
4. ___ she would like neither to see a movie or to go camping
Multiple choice
5. A baby’s development is influenced by both heredity and .......
a. By environmental factor c. environment
b. Environmentally d. By environmentally factors
6. Maria is a dancer, choreographer, and .......
a. Dance that she teaches c. Her teaching of dance
b. Dance teacher d. To teach dancing

WORD ORDER

Adjective + Noun = A beautiful woman Adverb + Adjective + Noun


Delicious meal
Careful drivers = A beautifully dressed woman
Amazing view An Extremely long story
Contoh soal:
1. A Lodestone is .......
a. An occuring naturally magnet
b. A magnet naturally occuring
c. Naturally a magnet occuring
d. A naturally occuring magnet

2. The Acoma pueblo is considered ........ settlement in the United States


a. the oldest continuously occupied
b. occupied continuously the oldest
c. the oldest occupied continuously
d. continuously the oldest occupied
EXERCISES
1. Hills known as land islands, or salt domes, are ..... Louisiana's marshlands.
a. extremely interesting features of
b. of extremely interesting features
c. interesting extremely features of
d. extremely interesting of features

2. of chamber music is the string quartet.


a. The famous most form
b. The most famous form
c. The form most famous
d. Most the form famous

3. Alfalfa is for livestock.


a. a primarily grown crop
b. grown primarily a crop
c. a crop grown primarily
d. a grown crop primarily

4. Insects provide many beneficial services, such as ......, breaking down deadwood, and pollinating plants.
a. they condition soils
b. to condition soil
c. conditioning the soil
d. soil conditioned

5. Frozen orange juice must be packed, ..... , and stored when the fruit is ripe.
a. be frozen
b. must be frozen
c. frozen
d. it must be frozen

6. Paint can be applied to a surface with rollers, ..... , or spray guns.


a. Brushes
b. brushes can be used
c. with brushes
d. by brush

7. A dulcimer can be played by either striking its strings with a hammer or ......
a. to pluck them with the fingers
b. fingers are used to pluck them
c. they are plucked with the fingers
d. plucking them with the fingers

8. Walt Disney made many technical advances in the use of sound, color, and ...... in animated films.
a. photographing
b. using photography
c. photography
d. use of photographs

9. Cobalt resembles iron and nickel in tensile strength, appearance, .....


a. is hard
b. although hard
c. has hardness
d. and hardness

10. Before starting on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea charts, ........ and memorize lighthouse locations to prepare
themselves for any conditions they might encounter.
a. sailing directions are studied
b. study the sailing directions
c. to direct sailing studies
d. studies direct sailing

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