2016-08-15 Writing: more parallel structure

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 31 practice - sentences 1-10: add words or phrases to complete the sentences with parallel structure. Use a dictionary if you need to.
1 Subways are crowded, noisy, and dirty. (3 adjectives)
2 We played, danced, and drank. (3 past-tense verbs)
  We danced, drank, and enjoyed each other’s company.
3 In high school we wear uniforms but in college we do not. (2 sentences)
  In high school I studied all kinds of topics but in college I majored in one thing.
4 Losing my key and forgetting my phone make me nervous. (2 gerund phrases)
  Dogs and snakes make me nervous. (2 plural nouns)
5 It is much harder to learn Arabic than to learn English. (2 infinitive phrases)
6 If you eat vegetables and exercise, you will feel healthy. (2 present-tense verb phrases)
7 The way we dress reveals our character, our thoughts, and our feelings. (3 nouns)
8 Many city apartments are plagued by rats, noise, and trash. (3 bad nouns)
9 When you are an ex-criminal or have a lot of tattoos it is hard to find a good job. (2 verb phrases)
  When you are a teenager or an older person it is hard to find a good job. (verb+2 nouns)
10 In the park, people were lying on the grass, the sun was shining, and children were playing. (3 past continuous sentences, or 3 past simple sentences)

drink drank drunk
sing sang sung
swim swam swum
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p. 31 at the top of the page:
11 My son wants to be either a fireman or fly planes.
   -> My son wants to be either a fireman or a pilot. (noun or noun)
      My son wants to either put out fires or fly planes. (verb phrase or verb phrase)
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p. 30 - rewrite these sentences to have parallel structure
1 Tom enjoys swimming and skating.
4 The work was difficult and (it was) dangerous.
5 Like many women, she had several roles: wife, mother, student, worker.
7 When I disobeyed, my parents punished me: I couldn’t go out, talk on the telephone, or have company.
…: I couldn’t go out, I couldn’t talk on the telephone, and I couldn’t have company.
…: no going out, no talking on the telephone, and no having company.
…: no going out, talking on the telephone, or having company.
10 Good writing must be honest, fresh, and precise.

no ___, ___, or ___ / I couldn’t ___, ___, or ___.
no ___, no ___, and no ___ / I couldn’t ___, I couldn’t ___, and I couldn’t ___.