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The document is an educational module focused on teaching students about parallel structure in writing. It includes definitions, examples, activities, and assignments to help students practice and understand the importance of maintaining parallelism in sentences. The module also emphasizes the use of gerunds, infinitives, and adverbs to achieve grammatical variety.

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The document is an educational module focused on teaching students about parallel structure in writing. It includes definitions, examples, activities, and assignments to help students practice and understand the importance of maintaining parallelism in sentences. The module also emphasizes the use of gerunds, infinitives, and adverbs to achieve grammatical variety.

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GOOD DAY STUDENTS!

LET’S REVIEW
ACTVITY:
Directions: Find the difference
between the pictures presented.

1.
2.

3.
4.

5.
When you spotted the
differences, how did you
know what to look for?
In writing, just like in the pictures
it’s important to keep things
balanced. Why do you think
sentences should have the same
pattern or structure?
QUARTER 4-MODULE 1:
PARALLEL STRUCTURE
Parallel Structure
- also known as Parallelism
means using the same pattern
to show that two or more ideas
have. This can happen at the
word phrase, or clause level.
WORDS AND PHRASES
A. With the -ing form (Gerund) of words.
-Gerund is the -ing form of a verb used as
subject or object in a sentence.

Examples: John likes shopping, attending


parties, and taking a nap in the afternoon.
NOT PARALLEL
Michael likes travelling,
camping, and to paint.

PARALLEL
Michael likes travelling,
camping, and painting.
B. With Infinitive Phrases
- An Infinitive looks like a verb, but it
begins with “to”, and it functions as a
noun.

Examples: There was no opportunity


to explain my situation, to settle things,
and ask for forgiveness.
NOT PARALLEL
Jennifer likes to ski, to jog,
and diving.

PARALLEL
Jennifer likes to ski, to jog
and to dive.
C. With Adverbs
- An Adverb is a word that modifies a
verb, and adjective, another adverb, or
even a whole sentence.

Examples: Students were asked to do


their assignments quickly, accurately,
and thoroughly.
NOT PARALLEL
Miss Jen works efficiently
and she is effective.

PARALLEL
Miss Jen works efficiently
and effectively.
MODULE 1: ACTIVITY 1:
Directions: Choose the letter
that contains the phrases/
words that make it parallel.
Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. During the lockdown, people were
either baking, dancing, or ____________.

A. garden
C. planted
B. gardening
D. planting
2. In my free time, I enjoy reading
books more than ____________________.

A. watch movies
C. watching movies
B. watched movies
D. will watch movies
3. The mangoes that my mother bought
from the market are fresh and
__________.
A. sweet
C. sweetest
B. sweeter
D. getting sweet
4. Learning a new language is not only
inspiring but also _____________.

A. challenge
C. challenged
B. challenging
D. will challenge
5. There are a lot of activities you can
do on the beach. You can build a
sandcastle, swim in the sea or
_________________.
A. chill in the cottage
C. chilled in the cottage
B. chilling in the cottage
D. will chill in the cottage
Activity 2: Parallel Structure Challenge

Directions: The sentence on the


screen has a problem with
parallel structure. Your task is
to rewrite the sentence to make
the structure parallel.
1. Rio enjoys reading novels, to
swim, and hiking.

2. She promised to finish her


project, reviewing the report,
and to answer all emails.
3. He likes to play basketball, going to the
gym, and swimming in the pool.

4. The team needs to focus on increasing


sales, improving customer service, and to
expand market reach.

5. Mika plans to leave early, studying in the


library, and to attend the meeting promptly.
Writing a Song (by group activity)

Directions: Compose a song of at least four


lines, Observe parallelism, ensure that you
use parallel structure including gerunds,
infinitive, and adverb in your lyrics. After
writing your song, underline the parts that
shows parallelism.
Example:
Title of the song (rain)

I love singing in the rain,


Dancing freely without pain,
To jump higher, to touch the sky,
And running fast, feeling so alive.
Why is it important to maintain
parallelism in a sentence?

How does it affect the reader’s


understanding?
QUIZ TIME!
Directions: Determine whether the following
sentences are parallel in structure. Write (P) if
Parallel and (NP) if not Parallel. If you answered
(NP) rewrite the sentence to make it parallel.

1. Iris loves running in the plaza, swimming


in the lake, and to bike around the city.

My employee promised to finish the task,


working diligently, and to submit it on time.
3. They love to travel, hiking in the highest
mountains, and to explore new cultures.

4. He performed exceptionally, speaking


clearly, and writing efficiently.

5. We plan to visit museums, exploring art


galleries, and to attend performances.
ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Write 5 sentences that
correctly use parallel structure. Your
sentence should use gerunds, infinitive,
and adverbs. Make sure your
sentences are grammatically correct
and maintain parallelism. (20 points)
ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Write 5 sentences that
correctly use parallel structure. Your
sentence should use gerunds, infinitive,
and adverbs. Make sure your
sentences are grammatically correct
and maintain parallelism. (20 points)
Criteria Excellent (4 Good Fair Poor
points) (3 points) (2 points) (1 points)

All sentences 4 sentences show 3 sentences show some


2 or fewer sentences
Parallel Structure demonstrate perfect good parallelism; 1 parallelism; 2 have
show parallelism
parallel structure. has errors errors.

Effective and correct use Limited variety; significant


Some variety: minor Limited variety; errors
Grammatical Variety of various grammatical errors.
forms. errors present. present

Sentences are clear, Sentences are most clear Sentences are somewhat
Clarity & Conciseness Sentences are unclear and
concise, and easy to but could be more unclear or difficult to
difficult to understand.
understand. concise. understand.

Minor grammatical
Sentences are Several grammatical Significant grammatical
Sentence Structure errors or awkward
grammatically correct & errors or awkward errors or awkward
phrasing.
well-structured. phrasing. phrasing.

Free of spelling, Several mechanical Many mechanical


Mechanics 1-2 minor mechanical
punctuation, &
errors.
errors. errors.
capitalization errors.

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