Faulty parallelism activity
Choose the correct form of the highlighted section of the sentences.
My teacher enjoys reading and to play his guitar at weekends.
- playing
- to playing
- no change
Well done!
Sorry, the right answer is: playing
- playing
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Studying Arabic is more difficult than to study Spanish.
- studying
- to studying
- no change
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Sorry, the right answer is: studying
- studying
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I have read the book, but I have not watched the movie version.
- movie version
- the movie
- no change
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Sorry, the right answer is: the movie
- the movie
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The doctor told Mrs. Franklin that she should either eat less or should exercise more.
- should do more exercise
- exercise more
- no change
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Sorry, the right answer is: exercise more
- exercise more
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Swimming in the ocean is much tougher than a pool.
- swimming in a pool
- to swim in a pool
- no change
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Sorry, the right answer is: swimming in a pool
- swimming in a pool
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The cyclist owns both a mountain bike and has a racing bike.
- racing bike
- a racing bike
- no change
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Sorry, the right answer is: a racing bike
- a racing bike
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My current job is neither exciting nor is it meaningful.
- is it a meaningful job
- meaningful
- no change
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Sorry, the right answer is: meaningful
- meaningful
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Jason would rather listen to his father than take advice from me.
- be taking advice from me
- to take advice from me
- no change
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Sorry, the right answer is: no change
- no change
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I would rather work at a second job to pay for a new car than a loan.
- to pay off a loan
- for a loan
- no change
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Sorry, the right answer is: to pay off a loan
- to pay off a loan
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The firefighter spoke more of his childhood than he talked about his job.
- about his job
- his job
- no change
Well done!
Sorry, the right answer is: his job
- his job
Attributions
These exercises are adapted from:
English Business Success. Lardbucket. (n.d.) English for Business Success. Parallelism. Retrieved from: http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/english-for-business-success/s10-03-parallelism.html Licensed under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa 3.0 license
