Parallelism - Exercise -1 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

Topic: Parallelism

Questions:

1. My mother always dresses ---

a) beauty

b) beautify

c) beautifully

d) beautiful

2. Zerin is a scholar, an athlete and ---

a) artistic

b) an artist

c) artist

d) an art

3. He stood first. Here 'first' is ---

a) adverb of time

b) adverb of cause

c) adverb of place

d) adverb of order

4. The rain ceased and the birds --- its song.

a) are beginning

b) begin

c) have begun

d) began

5. Mr. Robert is a noted chemist ---

a) and to a very efficient teacher

b) but he teaches very good in addition

c) however he teaches very good also

d) as well as an effective teacher

6. Choose the correct sentence.

a) I like to swim, playing tennis, and ride

b) I like to swimming, play tennis, and ride

c) I like to swim, play tennis, and riding

d) I like to swim, play tennis, and ride

7. Rarely --- anyone using typewriters now-a-days.

a) will you see

b) you will see

c) you see

d) you have seen

8. Halim will wash the clothes, iron the shirts, prepare the meal, and --- the furniture.

a) dust

b) dusting

c) to dust

d) will dust

9. In an admission test, to answer correctly is more important than ---

a) you finish quickly

b) quick finish

c) finishing quickly

d) to finish quickly

10. In many ways, dancing to music is similar to ---

a) work out

b) working out

c) when one works out

d) the working out

11. Find the incorrect part: The faculty Dean never has and ever will take strong measures.

a) The faculty

b) Dean never

c) has and ever will take

d) strong measures

12. Which one is correct?

a) It is more better to be safe than sorry.

b) It is better to be safer than sorry.

c) It is better to be safe than more sorry.

d) It is better to be safe than sorry.

13. Taking the time to eat a good breakfast is a simple way to make the morning and the day ---

a) a best, easiest

b) well, at ease

c) better, easier

d) easy, easier

14. For better or ---, the mobile phone is a very useful device of people's lives.

a) good

b) sad

c) well

d) worse

15. --- on this bench is much more pleasant than --- in the office.

a) Lying, satting

b) To lie, to

c) Lieing, sitting

d) Lying, sitting

Answers With Explanation:

1. c) beautifully (The verb 'dresses' is modified by an adverb. 'Beautifully' is the adverb form. 'Dresses' ভার্বটিকে মডিফাই করতে Adverb 'beautifully' বসবে।)

2. b) an artist (Parallel structure with nouns: "a scholar, an athlete and an artist". Noun এর সাথে Noun সমান্তরাল হবে।)

3. d) adverb of order ('First' indicates position or rank in a sequence, so it is an adverb of order. Note: Source key might indicate 'c' (place) or 'd' (order) depending on interpretation, but grammatically it fits order/rank. 'First' এখানে ক্রম বোঝাচ্ছে।)

4. d) began (Past tense 'ceased' in the first clause requires past tense 'began' in the second clause for parallelism. প্রথম অংশ Past tense হওয়ায় পরের অংশও Past tense হবে।)

5. d) as well as an effective teacher (Parallel noun phrases: "a noted chemist... as well as an effective teacher". 'A chemist' এর সাথে 'an effective teacher' সমান্তরাল।)

6. d) I like to swim, play tennis, and ride (Infinitive 'to swim' governs the list. All items should be in base form: swim, play, ride. সবকটি verb একই ফর্মে (base form) থাকবে।)

7. a) will you see (Sentences starting with negative adverbs like 'Rarely' require inversion (Auxiliary + Subject). 'Rarely' দিয়ে শুরু হওয়ায় Inversion হবে।)

8. a) dust (Future 'will' applies to all verbs: wash, iron, prepare, and dust. 'Will' এর পর সব verb base form এ হবে।)

9. d) to finish quickly (Comparison between infinitives: "to answer... than to finish". 'To answer' এর সাথে 'to finish' সমান্তরাল হবে।)

10. b) working out (Comparison between gerunds: "dancing... is similar to working out". 'Dancing' এর সাথে 'working out' সমান্তরাল হবে।)

11. c) has and ever will take (Incorrect parallelism. It should be "has taken and will take". 'Has' এর পর V3 (taken) বসবে।)

12. d) It is better to be safe than sorry. (Parallel adjectives: safe... sorry. প্রবাদ বাক্য: "ভাবিয়া করিও কাজ" বা সাবধানতা উত্তম।)

13. c) better, easier (Comparative adjectives parallel to each other. Morning (better), Day (easier). দুটি Comparative adjective সমান্তরাল হবে।)

14. d) worse (Idiom "For better or worse". 'Better' এর বিপরীত 'Worse' সমান্তরাল।)

15. d) Lying, sitting (Comparison between gerunds as subjects/objects. "Lying... than sitting". Gerund এর সাথে Gerund সমান্তরাল হবে।)