Parallel Structure in Lists

Start with the list sheet, where students change only one part. Pair the second sheet with Correlative Conjunction Pairs.

Circle the part that breaks the pattern in 10 lists and fix it, as in hiking, biking and to swim. In parallel structure, every item in a list has the same form, such as all -ing words, all adjectives or all verbs with to. The directions on the page read: Circle the part of each list that breaks the pattern. On the line, rewrite only that part so it matches the other items. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade sentences, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with parallel structure. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

It happens when items in a list or pair have different forms. Coach told us to stretch, to jog and that we should rest should end with to rest.

The words after each part need the same form. Maya is not only a fast runner but also a strong swimmer pairs two noun phrases.

Put neither right before the first item and nor before the second, as in Neither the bus nor the train was on time.