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Parallelism

Description: Parallelism
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: Parallelism Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
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Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

  1. The more we have to do, the more

  2. accurate must be our sensations,

  3. and the greatest hold

  4. environment has upon us


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'The more we have….the more accurate….the greater hold'

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

  1. Party loving employees may spend their

  2. evenings drinking, then not

  3. go to work the next day and lag

  4. in performance


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Parallel Construction - “drinking….going….lagging”

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

  1. Ron, the guy who was

  2. auditioned last week, is a good

  3. dancer but average at acting,

  4. which does not bother the film director


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Parallel Construction - “good dancer…….an average actor”

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Confucius — a statesman, scholar, and educator of great skill and (1) reputation — is (2) generally held to be China's (3) greatest and (4) influential philosopher. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. 'Greatest and most influential'.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

The ballad (1) is characterised by informal diction, by a narrative largely (2) dependent on action and dialogue, by (3) intense theme, and by (4) stress on repetition. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. There ought to be three noun clauses: ‘action and dialogue; ‘intensity of theme’; and ‘stress on repetition’.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

(1) From the balcony (2) at airport you can see (3) the planes (4) taking off and land. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Take off and land' corrects the error of parallel structure.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

The Egyptians (1) first discovered that (2) drying fruit preserved it, made it (3) sweeter, (4) improving its flavor. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of parallel construction. Phrases "preserved it' and ‘made it sweeter' use second form of verb. So, correct phrase should be 'improved its flavour’.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

The world in spite of its rivalries and hatreds (1) and inner conflict, (2) moves (3) invariably towards (4) closer cooperation. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Change 'and inner conflict' to 'and inner conflicts' to correct the error of parallel construction of plural nouns.

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

Sleep is (1) controlled by (2) the brain and (3) associated by characteristic (4) breathing rhythms. (5) No error

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Replace ‘associated by’ by ‘associated with’ to correct the phrasal usage

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

If (1) your holiday (2) coincided with the full moon, (3) there is a (4) glorious full moon cruise. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'There is' means that the narrative is in the present tense. Thus, 'coincides'.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.

The railroad (1) was not the first institution to impose (2) regularity on society, or (3) drawing (4) attention to the importance of precise time keeping. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘to draw’

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

  1. The surprising part is that people

  2. that ought to have been the prime beneficiaries

  3. running from pillar to post

  4. to extract even minimal benefits

  5. No error


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Incorrect sentence formation. 'Running' should be replaced by 'are running' to make the structure correct.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

  1. The crux of the matter is that

  2. a simple issue had been

  3. unnecessarily stretched and stressed

  4. out of proportions

  5. No error


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Matter is' in part (1) suggests that the narrative is in the present tense. Hence, 'has been' establishes a parallel structure.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

  1. It was difficult

  2. at first even persuading him

  3. to listen to the

  4. grievances of the poor workmen


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Parallel Construction - 'to persuade…to listen'.

Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark answer as (5).

(1) Out of all the reasons that I can think of, (2) be it at the personal or (3) the professional level, this is the (4) most cogent and less speculative. (5) No Error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Most cogent and least speculative' (Both superlatives) 

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