NAMA : AQILLAH RAHMAN
NIM : 23338035
PRODI : TEKNIK MESIN(NK)
MATKUL : BAHASA INGGRIS
WEEK 8
Skill 24: PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH COORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS
EXERCISE 24: Each of the following sentences contains words or groups of words that should be parallel.
Circle the word that indicates that the sentence should have parallel parts. Underline the parts that
should be parallel. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).
(I) 1. The pastries in that shop are very expensive but quite deliciously.
Sentence correction: deliciously delicious
(C) 2. You can find some change to buy a paper in the drawer, on top of the dresser, or in the jar.
(I) 3. The living room was decorated with expensive paintings and elegance lamps.
Sentence correction: elegance lamps elegant lamps
(C) 4. He knew that the financial problems were serious, that the situation was not going to improve, and
that he needed to get a job.
(I) 5. AU day long during the trip to the mountains, they were skiing, sledding. or played in the snow.
Sentece Correction: played playing
(C) 6. The car needs new tires but not a new engine.
(C) 7. He stops working when he gets too tired to continue or when he has finished.
(I) 8. To get to the office, you should go through this door, turn to the left, and continuation down the
hall.
Sentece correction: continuation continue
(C) 9. For dessert we could serve lemon pie, fruit tarts, chocolate cake, or butter cookies.
(I) 10. The sick child needs some medicine, some juice, and to rest.
Sentence correction: some medicine, some juice, and to rest to take some medicine, to drink some
juice, and to rest.
EXERCISE 25: Each of the following sentences contains words or groups of words that should be parallel.
Circle the words that indicate that the sentence should have parallel parts. Underline the parts that
should be parallel. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)
(I) 1. He either lied or telling an unbelievable story.
Correction: telling told
(C) 2. The music at the concert was neither well played nor well liked.
(I) 3. He regularly studies both in the morning or in the evening.
Correction: both in the morning or in the evening both in the morning and in the evening
(C) 4. The play that we saw last night was not only rather delightful but also quite meaningful.
(I)5. He married her neither for her ability to cook nor her ability to clean house.
Correction: for her ability to cook nor her ability to clean house for her ability to cook nor for her
ability to clean house
(I) 6. The discussion was both exciting and interest.
Correction: interest interesting
(C) 7. He withdrew all the money not only from the checking account but also from the savings account.
(I) 8. Neither the teacher or the students are ready to leave the classroom.
Correction: or nor
(C) 9. You can meet with me either in the next few minutes or at 4:00.
(I) 10. John is an adventurous person who enjoys not only skydiving but also goes parasailing.
Correction: skydiving but also goes parasailing skydiving but also parasailing
EXERCISE (Skills 24-25): Each of the following sentences contains words or groups of words that should
be parallel. Circle the word or words that indicate that the sentence should have parallel parts. Underline
the parts that should be parallel. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).
(C) 1. The advertisements appeared in the newspaper and on the radio.
(I) 2. She is trained as both an accountant and in nursing.
Correction: an accountant and in nursing as an accountant and as a nurse
(C) 3. We can take either my car or yours to the party.
(I) 4. The coffee is too hot, too bitter, and too strength.
Correction: too strength too strong
(I) 5. He not only passed the test but also receiving the highest score in the class.
Correction: receiving received
(I) 6. Your ideas are neither more important or less important than the ideas of the others.
Correction: or nor
(I)7. The meeting lasted only an hour but still seeming too long.
Correction: seeming seemed
(I) 8. The novel was both emotional and description.
Correction: description descriptive
(C) 9. Either the counsellor or her secretary can help you with that problem.
(I) 10. The leaves from the tree fell in the yard, in the pool, the driveway, and on the Sidewalk
Correction: the driveway on the driveway
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 24-25): Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not
correct.
1. Ballpoint pens are less versatile but more population than fountain pens.
Correction: Population popular
2. Riddles vary greatly in both grammatical and phonology form.
Correction: phonology phonological
3. Blood pressure is measured by feeling the pulse and apply a force to the arm.
Correction: apply applying
4. The Moon has no atmosphere, no air, and no watery.
Correction: watery water
5. The first matches were too hard to ignite, a mess, or too dangerously easy to ignite.
Correction: a mess messy
6. A 1971 U.S. government policy not only put warnings on cigarette packs but also banning television
advertising of cigarettes
Correction: banning banned
7. Demand, beauty, durability, rare, and perfection of cutting determine the value of a gemstone.
Correction: rare rarity
8. The Harvard Yard, which was Harvard's original campus, is still a major attraction for both students
and visiting.
Correction: visiting visitors
9. In 1862, the American Confederacy raised the Merrimack, renamed it Virginia, covered it with iron
plates, and an outfit it with ten guns.
Correction: an outfit outfitted
10. The liquid crystals in a liquid crystal display (LCD) affect the polarized light so that it is either A B C
blocked and reflected by the segments of the display.
Correction:and or
TOEFL REVIEW EXEROSE (Skills 1-25): Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best
completes the sentence.
1. Most cells in multicelled organisms perform functions.
(A) specialize
(B) specialized
(C) they specialize
(D) specialization
Ans: (B)Specialization
2. The big island of Hawaii, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, by five volcanoes.
(A) creation
(B) it was created
(C) creating
(D) was created
Ans: (D) was created
3. The Sun uses up over four million tons of hydrogen per second, still has enough hydrogen to
last for the next five billion years.
(A) it does not
(B) it
(C) but it
(D) to it
Ans: (C) but it
4. For Katherine L. Bates, who the top of Pikes Peak in 1893, the view provided the
inspiration for her hymn "America the Beautiful."
(A) reached
(B) she reached
(C) reaching
(D) she was reaching
Ans: (A) reached
Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.
5. Coal, petroleum, and natural gaseous are all fossil fuels.
Correction: gaseous gas
6. The mass of neutron stars generally range from one-tenth to twice the mass of the Sun.
Correction: range ranges
7. Grasses grow in ways that help them to survive being nibbled, chilly, or dried.
Correction: chilly chilled
8. Most of Hemingway's novels glorifies heroic exploits such as bullfighting or boxing.
Correction:glorifies glorify
9. Palaeographers study ancient and medieval handwriting in order to establish not only its age and also
its background.
Correction: and also but also
10. The sounds produced by bullfrogs and toads vary greatly because each species have its own
Aparticular call
Correction: have has
