Keep your heart with diligence , for out of it spring the

issues of life.
(Proverbs 4:23)
Game:
I can ____, I can ____
I can reach the _____ above
I can _____what is wrong
I can sing just ____ song
I can _____, I can fly
And _____ the rainbow in the sky
I can be your good
I can love you, until the ____.
Parallel Structure
of
Words and Phrases
Parallel structure
 It means that certain parts of a
sentence have the same form and
function.
 It allows the writer a smooth and
effective flow of his or her thoughts,
making the sentences grammatically
correct.
Parallel Structure
Guidelines:
1.Words or phrases joined by
coordinating conjunctions should
have the same structure.
 Examples:
1. Faulty parallel structure: The
homeless dog is lonely, skinny, and
doesn’t smell very good.
Parallel structure: The homeless dog is
lonely, skinny, and smelly.
2. Faulty parallel structure: We enjoy
writing, biking, and to cook.

Parallel structure: We enjoy writing,

biking, and cooking.
. Gerund
A noun formed from a verb by
adding –ing to its base form
3. Faulty parallel structure: We like
to write, to swim, and doing the
dishes.
Parallel structure:
We like to write, to swim, and to do the
dishes.
We like to write, swim, and do the
dishes.
Infinitive
A verb form that serves as a noun,
an adjective , or an adverb by
placing –to before the base form
of the verb.
to + base form of the verb
2. Use parallel structures with
phrases joined by linking verbs
or be verbs.
Faulty parallel
structure: Parallel structure:
To see is believing. To see is to believe.

Faulty Parallel
structure: Parallel structure:
Seeing is to believe. Seeing is believing.
Faulty parallel structure: To succeed is
making the most out of every
opportunity.
Parallel structure: To succeed is to make the
most out of every opportunity.
Succeeding is making the most out of every
opportunity.
Faulty parallel structure: Being wealthy is
not the same thing as to be happy.
Parallel structure: Being wealthy is not
the same thing as being happy.
To be wealthy is not the same thing as to
be happy.
3. Elements joined by correlative
conjunctions should also follow
similar structure.
 Examples:

Faulty parallel structure: Axel was neither

attending band practice nor go to church.

Parallel structure: Axel was neither

attending band practice nor going to
church.
Faulty parallel structure: The medicine not
only healed me but also makes me healthy.

Parallel structure: The medicine not only

healed me but also made me healthy.
The medicine not only helps me but also
makes me healthy.
Seatwork:
A. Revise the sentence by writing the correct
parallel structure.
1. The teacher asked the class to recite and
share stories this afternoon.
2. I am stopping and to look at the signs.
3. Zander told me eating oatmeal and to drink
water for three days.
4. The regimen not only helped me sleep better
but also it ______makes me grow taller.
5. A good student must have excellence,
discipline, and diligent.
B. Complete each sentence and make sure that the
elements are parallel to one another.
1. Being happy means not only ____________________.
2. In my English class, I learned not only to speak well
___________________.
3. Success is not defined by ________________________.
4. Most people like to talk about love and ____________.
5. We enjoy chatting, shopping and _____________.
 Assignment:

Slogan Writing:
 Compose a slogan about the Nutrition
Month theme this school year.
 Use parallel structures in your slogan.