Parallelism: The secret to great writing

Got 90. You made me free from confusion :) . One of the ever best lesson till yet . You are gorgeous. Thanks a lot ,Rebecca! <3

Annie

Thank you kindly for your comments, Jasmine. I am sure you will master English because you really care and are determined to succeed. My best wishes to you.

Rebecca

Thank you Rebecca, for giving me the enlightenments. :)<3

Annie

good

Mohsin ali khan

Thank you so much. You made the lesson useful, understandable and easy.

Abdurraheem Attam

abdotam

Your lesson on parallelism is clear,informative and helpful.
Thank you mam.

gavera

Still a good and kindly lesson before starting the day.Thank you Rebecca.

beernaard

Thank you! Miss Rebecca, Got 90! But could not understand question No 1 “We need to do the dishes, mop the floor, and make sure to set the table”.

Why is this option correct? could you explain?

Rehan Ahmed

I have the same question to Rebecca.

p.s. thanks for the lesson!

Alesia

As far as I understand the lesson .This might be because, In the sentence, structure should follows verb along with verb, noun with noun,adjective with adjective etc. Here ,in this sentence ,verb is being used so ,It follows with the verbs. “sure” is an adjective. That’s why ” make sure” didn’t fit here. And as well as you can read the sentence ,it does not sound rhythmic so, that’s inkling towards faulty parallelism .

Annie

The question asks which sentence is INCORRECT, therefore the incorrect sentence is the correct answer

VanikaElms1

If it were correct, this sentence would be:

We need to do the dishes, mop the floor, and set the table.

You needed to choose the answer that was INCORRECT.

All the best to you. Thanks to all for your help.

Rebecca

Awesome lesson! Please keep posting lessons like this. Thanks a lot!

Raj1

I did it, I got FULL MARKS. thanks, Rebecca for your awesome lesson to improve my writing. THANK YOU SO MUCH

che1707

same

SherlyYT

You are a kind, professional, and interesting teacher. Thank you very much!

Jun Shao

Thank you and congratulations! You got the point!
All the best to you, Jun Shao.

Rebecca

This lesson helped my english writing and speaking.
Thanks a lot :)

MrTengiz

9/10
Not bad as a beginning

Amor M.

WHAT A FORTUNE 100% CORRECT

FARAH HUSSEIN

I GET THE RIGHT WAY TO LEARN PROFFESIONAL ENGLISH, THANKS FOR ENGVID COMMUNITY

FARAH HUSSEIN

I got only 7/10.I need more concentration.very useful lesson.thank u

Girijasoman

Thank you Rebecca. I am from Indonesia. I just joined

abdus shomad

Thanks, Rebecca! This is a better lesson you teach for a long time. Extra lessons like this, please.

Abdulateef

Could you answer me? The sentence- “Using faulty parallelism is not so serious and will not lower my grades”, is not correct because have the incorrect meaning? Is it grammatically correct?

sawkay

I got full mark .Than you Rebecca

eugeneraf

You are a good teacher.

chungkim

Thank you so much Rebecca!!!This is by far the most useful lesson I´ve ever watched about writing!!!I think I´d been making all these mistakes for a very long time. Now, everything is much clearer.
However, I´m still a bit confused about when you write prepositions. For example, in the last example of the video you explained that it´s correct to say:
Let´s start by checking your essays and looking for any faulty parellelism.
Would it be correct to say:
Let´s start by checking your essays and BY looking for any faulty parellelism ???
Would it be the same case as in the number 2 of the examples?….TO speak to the manager, (TO) return the cellphone and (TO) get a refund??

knopfler86

It is correct to do it either way. You can repeat the preposition each time, if you wish. However, if each element needs the same preposition, you do not have to repeat the preposition. You can just say / write it once, and it applies to all the elements equally.

Glad you found the lesson helpful. It is really the key to upgrading your English significantly. All the best!

Rebecca

I understood the lecture andd got the full mark
than you very much Rebecca

Abomusaab

Thx Rebecca, this lesson help I improve my writing effect! :D

SherlyYT

I get confused…got 80.
Thanks!

Manish Shrestha

Thank you very much!

VietNam1984

Thank you very much, Rebecca!

VietNam1984

I like to watch movies and to travel “abrod”.
Isn’t that “abroad”?

angry

Yes, you are 100% right. I made a mistake, as I was distracted when writing on the board. Sorry about that. Good for you that you caught it! All the best, my friend.

Rebecca

Hi Rebecca,
I got 99 out 100 due to erroneously selections. I thought I selected nouns but wrongly tabbed on Verb.
With that said , I would like to thank you for your remarkable contributions to enhance our engagements in your fabulous English class. Your English classes give me a golden opportunity to optimize my writing skills. More importantly it gives confidence and how to maximize my vocabulary. I strongly recommend your class to other close friends who have limited English grammar. I truly appreciate you for unreserved efforts and courage you have shown me

Jose5021

Got 100% ,Thank you Rebecca ur superb

zeezy

I have got 100) thank you for the lesson. I like your pronunciation very much

Ruslana Kazymyrovych

Thank you so much ma’am for this new lesson. I love the way of your explanation.

arif alif

I want to know why my phone can not play all the videos.?Anyone help me?

Bella521

Thanks a lot, Rebecca! Very useful lesson as usually! My result – 90 because I was inattentive in task 1. I should choose INCORRECT sentence…

Larisa392

Thank you Rebecca I like your lesson and it is very useful.
I want to improve my english so i need someone to practice english with him .
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reda-sba

Got 100. Thank you very much

Khaled

Thank you so much!I could fix my fault correctly.

kazuky188

Hi Rebecca.

I really appreciate your job. Your way to explain is superb!. If is possible, could you seggest me some websites to practice the parallelism?

Daniel A.

A little confused because you need know nouns, verbs, adverbs and so one but anyway I’m improving my skills and be much better day by day, thanks to Rebecca!

ctierrez

Yes, you are right. You do need to be able to identify the various parts of speech. We have various engVid lessons that explain these points. I wish you all the best.

Rebecca

What’s wrong with the following sentence and what part of grammar does it belong to? ‘If it was not going to work, I would’ve told you’.

bavann

Hi Rebecca.
The lesson was great for my. It helps me to understand english languaje. One question, in the lesson, there is the next sentence:
I like to watch movies and to travel “abrod”. Is correct “abrod” ? or it will be “abroad” ?

Regards,

Gafin

Dear EngVid, can you make a video about putting the verb “to be” in a sentence. I am talking exactly about “Clauses” I think it is called so. For example: I don^t know what IS her name and I don^t know what her name IS. What is the difference between them. And what am I supposrd to use in order to sound more like a native. Please let James to mske this video. He is the best teacher ever by far. Thank you EngVid. I really appreciate it!!!! And you guys are the best

AnarBayramov

My lesson on embedded or indirect questions will help you understand this point.

https://www.engvid.com/grammar-embedded-questions/

All the best to you!

Rebecca

Dear Rebecca;

I really enjoyed this lesson. It was very rich in content and useful, to improve some grammatical issues.

Regards.

marigaby71

Once Again, I got a wonderful lesson of English.. I scored 100 marks in this quiz.. Thank you Ma’am..

SIJOMON

I got 10 answers correct.
During your truly appreciated lesson, I tried to predict the correction of the parallelism as the following:
1- managerial ability to others and global working experience. Does the parallelism still remain correct preserving original words (to others and working)?
2- I replaced (finding) instead of (looking for) where the original is (to look). Is it acceptable as per the question to correct the faulty parallelism?
Thank you.
One more please: Is it correct to say highly appreciate?

Chokri MAATOUK

10/10! You’re the best teacher in the world!

Frax90

Apparently, you are the best student! I wish you continued success with your English, Frax90.

Rebecca

Hi Rebecca!
It was very interesting and educative subject and I really enjoy your lessons too.
I have learned and understand a lot of them.
Best regards.

Christ987

Great lesson. Thanks.

byte

OOHH i loved this lesson. You speaking it’s very undertandble thank you so much

Gabriel025

Hello Rebecca! I was able to note that in sentences with word sequences, before the last word antecipated by the word ‘and’ you put a comma. In Portuguese in these cases we do not put a comma before the last word in a sequence anticipated by ‘and’. Is this correct for the written English language?

John B

Thank you so much Rebecca

rivanaqueen

Hi Rebecca, thank you very much for your vitality, clarity and simplicity in your presentations.
However this lesson gets a problem for me.
Can I ask to you the following question ?
If Janet just sings but not dances and if my decision is only founded on two view points and not three ? What happens with the style ?
The academic cercles considers this like a mistake but what about my honesty and my ability to look things as they are ?

Serge.T

No problem Serge T. You should maintain the parallelism, even if you have only two examples. You do not have to give three examples. All the best to you.

Rebecca

Thanks a lot Rebecca

Richard hamdi

I got 90, not bad ?, you know, you’re special, Good and amazing

îkrãm chãllãl

Thanks, Rebecca for explaining parallelism.

babyboy

Thanks a lot, Rebecca…it’s a very helpful lesson

MarioMP

Thank you. it was a good opportunity. I got 7 out 10

Almushity

Thanks for a great ,informative and interesting lecture.

Prashant2000

–topic recomendation —
Hello Rebecca
You are great at this job. Thanks for the lessons. I just would like to recomend a topic that I believe in that it is really challenging for the most of English students. The topic is when we should use “which” and “that”and even “those” as a conjucture in the sentences.
Thank you in advance

Sincerely

cengizyucel

You might wish to watch these videos:

https://www.engvid.com/that-which/

https://www.engvid.com/who-that-which/

All the best to you,cengizyucel!

Rebecca

ESL students are so lucky to have you ,Rebecca.I love the way you teach as you turn complicated lessons into much more easier ones.can you please make a video on the present perfect tense? I am having a hard time using it. thanks in advance !

sarah ali ali

Thanks for your kind words Sarah. Here are a few lessons on the present perfect:

https://www.engvid.com/past-simple-or-present-perfect/

https://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-present-perfect-tense-never/

https://www.engvid.com/learn-engish-tenses-past-tenses/

All the best to you, my friend.

Rebecca

i need anyone to talk to you in english in sometime

Aban0b

Thank you, Rebecca, I got 90
from testing and great lesson to improve my English.

neng nao

Hi Rebecca! The lesson was meaningful, fruitful and helpful for us. I couldn’t get right the first MCQ of the quiz. Do the dishes, mop the floor and set the table looked parallel but it turned out to be wrong. Need some explanation on it. Thanks

Ashifa

You were supposed to choose the sentence that was wrong. The correct sentence would have been:

We need to do the dishes, mop the floor, and set the table.

All the best, Ashifa.

Rebecca

Thank you for the lecture at least i have learnt something new today

Emeka Ifeanyi

Yeah! So glad you did, Emeka!

Rebecca

Hi Rebecca, In the last example of parallelism “Let’s start by checking your essay and look for any faulty parallelism”, wouldn’t it be better to just say “Let’s start by checking your essay for any faulty parallelism?” Isn’t checking considered to already look after mistakes? Thank you so much!

derodota

Hi, Rebecca, thank you for this helpful lesson, I did the quiz and got 90. The NO.8 “Chloe’s work requires concentration, accuracy, and patience.” Would you help me out with correct it to parallelism, I’m confused.

Yajing Wang

Not sure why you got it wrong. Maybe you marked the wrong answer by mistake? I did the test just now and got it right.

8. Chloe’s work requires concentration, accuracy, and patience.

This sentence is parallel.

Good for you that you care and are paying attention. All the best to you, Yajing Wang.

Rebecca

Superb lessons for tonight! I got 90 and Flattered with my result. You’re such an angel in disguise. I never thought it would be as easy as that! salute to you Rebecca.

JulietRN

Thank you for your very kind words. So glad you found the lesson helpful. This one change can make a big difference in the quality of your writing. Thanks for watching and recognizing that. All the best to you, JulietRN.

Rebecca

Thanks for this another useful lesson Rebecca!

Basri

I enjoy your thoroughness and clarity.

NadineFlowers

Hi Rebecca.

I really appreciate your job. Your way to explain is Excellent,thank you so much.

pksenthilkumar

You made the lesson useful, understandable, and easy

abdotam

Thanks for your great comment in perfect English. All the best to you, abdotam.

Rebecca

thank you so much

abdotam

Thank you Rebecca! It was very interesting!

ANA PASCALE

I’ve been teaching E for 18 years. Today I understand what’s meant by PARALLELISM.
Thanks a lot
You are brilliant

Teacher2

You’re brilliant for getting it and being open to learning all your life. That’s not just brilliant, but also wise. Hats off to you, my friend.

Rebecca

Thank you for helping me understand parallelism.

What’s the correct way to say question 8?

lutisia

lutisia taylor

My best wishes to all of you who took this lesson seriously. Applying the principle of parallelism while speaking and writing will make a huge difference in the quality of your English.

Rebecca

thanks for your effort, God bless you

kennyscsk

Hi Rebecca. I am just getting back to Engvid after a couple of months of busy work. I felt I needed to. Even though I can keep things that I have learned in mind, it is important to go over some topics to get a better, more accurate, and more consistent English.

Thanks for your work. Kind regards.

Albeiro Ruiz

This lesson is awesome Rebecca, I really want more this kind of lesson.

sam rizal

Scored 100 , thank God . I thank Miss Rebecca for her class, and the way she did . Too good!

P.s.Pratibha

got 10 out of 10 but can i get more quizz or link, to practice.

hirdeykumar

You really made this lesson so easier than it ever was… I really enjoyed doing this lesson.. Good job!! ??

MANISH55@

Great lesson. thank you so much Rebecca.

Greatful1

Thank you Miss Rebecca

Vishalpatil

Thanks you Rebecca, finally the secret was revelead :)

VandreRamos

Thank you Miss Rebecca, your lessons are very interesting and useful.

niyonkuru

thanks

venona

Hello Rebecca. Why we did’nt use: I usually having dinner, watching TV, and falling asleep.
Thanks for your help.

Hedi ZOUARI

You are amazing.I am loving your teaching style.I hope your lessons will solve my problems:)
Thank you:)

Zainab Sakrani

10/10. great lesson!

danielypan

Thank you very much and hope to see more new lessons.

Alex-1956

Thanks

Sonamy

very usefull. thank you so much!

simona bereznicu

9 of 10 Thank you so much.I really apreciate all your time .I was looking how to improve my English , and I foun it.
Thanks a lot , you are awesome ?????

Reynalda

Thank you

veneek

Thank you… Hehehe… Q1, I miss careful reading.

lemthong

ALWAYS 9%, NOT BAD FOR A BEGINNER

ASHLEY5559

why “We need to do the dishes, mop the floor, and set the table” is incorrect?

hodaaldahan

Ms. Rebecca you are excellent teacher and your teaching is awesome. I wish to follow more lectures like this. Thank you.

vkrishnaiah7

thank you Rebecca

anhvnsg

Thanks a lot Rebecca! Your explanation about Parallelism was clear,parallel and great.As for me it was a secret revealed too.Keep up the good work!

alainaldo70

Oooh to bad only get 60, thanks Maam

Siti16

Mind blown. I often use this but i didn’t know how to name it up until now. Paralleling is so much fun and mastering it pays off. Bye!!!

Carlos1990

awesome!

Iqra786

Got 100 :) you are the best Rebecca

Alibirgun

Thank you Rebecca i realy appriciate your teaching system i like it.Thank you again.

zerit

thank you so much for your help. you are serious and able understanding

hameti

Thank you Rebecca. I like this lesson. You made it clearly, perspicuous, effective.
Thank you all engVid senseis.

Best,
Ken JP

keniuj

??Would you like to make a lecture on legal research article?

@Dev

Mam, Please, make a lecture on ‘how to write a research article’?

Sravan Kumar Kotluri

I got it. Your description is so easy. I am still confused. But with practice I can master it.
Thankyou Mam

Sanjit2055

A very good lesson.
I shall have to watch this video again.

MrNobody111

very good lesson

Yogas

Hi Rebecca, Thank you immensely for your marvellous lesson. Today I learn the Parallelism. Writing in this way is very beautiful, marvellous and magic ❤️

AlessandroItaly

You make things easier

Robby 2000

Though I knew that rule, I did not realize how I often use faulty parallelism in my writing. You gave us good examples, especially the 5th one. Best wishes Rebecca. Btw, if someone is searching for a conversation partner to improve speaking skills, feel free to message me! Bye-bye.

grosmanph

I got 100 , thanks for a good explanation..!!

Boreysoeun

Wow! It’s so pleasure to learn English in your voice.

Sujithprasath

Thank you, teacher. I enjoy your lessons.

viacheslavkr

very informative lectures.

zeeshan hayat

10/10 thank you Rebecca, your teaching is excellent!

cyrelvm

Got 100!!!!
Thank you Rebecca;you ease complicated things..
Thank you

Sumaya2019

I got 100!!!
Thank you Rebecca. You are Awesome. Taught the concept in a pleasant way.
I learned a lot about parallelism

jagadarsh

Thank you Rebecca! It’s cool…

Madrosa

Thank you Rebecca. It is very helpful!

ghaleb-88

I got 100, thanks

Haresh

Yeaaah I got 100. Thank you so much Rebecca.

mrnima86

i scored 10/10. thank you so much. looking forward for more videos

konchok

Hi Rebeca,

I got 100.!!!

Thanks a lot for teaching us this useful and helpful topic.

Freshlearner31

I got 90, super happy

Anderson

Great lecture, Robecca. I’m so sorry to ask you again about the names of a few books to read to improve my reading and writing skills. I ‘m new to the website, I don’t know how to check the answers to my questions.
Thank you for your time!

Rinde

Thank you, Rebeca, This lesson is interesting, educational and fuitful.

angkor

Thanks very much

Standard01

9/10, thank you very much!

Alenasimple

thank you so much

victormalwa550

Thanks a lot for clarification.

Kyawtheint

Wow thanks to your lesson I finally got 100% after watching it two times!

Lily Ha Tran

thank you Rebecca, you merit a present.

mehdi31

Thank you Rebecca.

Sulochana

Got also 90. I just listen to the lesson one time, so the teacher is good :). I’m a French Canadian living in France, supporting a small group of English-speaking people. EngVid.com is a very good site to learn how to speak English, indeed.
Thank you very much, Rebecca.

patweb

I got hundred

Matin khalili

Question no.1, have selected option-2 as the answer, but it is incorrect. Could you please correct me, Rebecca? We need to do the dishes, mop the floor, and set the table. Is it not?

jayanthiraajeshwar

I revisited the question and found the fault. Thank you, Rebecca. Great learning.

jayanthiraajeshwar

I got 10/10. Thanks Rebecca, great lesson!

Anna925

Thanks, Rebecca! You’re a great teacher!

Lilicunha

Thank you Rebecca

Fadelamustafa

Oh!thats a great and an effective lesson.This is the first time,I got 10 out of 10.
Thanks,Rebecca.

Md Rahat Hasan

I got a 100! Thank you Rebecca for teaching Parallelism. I really enjoyed it!

JamilAndrew

Get 100! Quite nice quiz! Rebecca you’re a great professor!

kurosaki1976

Thanks a million mam for the lesson of knowing a difference in writing and speaking through parallelism.This lesson was clear,informative and useful.I haven’t known the meaning of parallelism before especially in speaking and writing in English.you are amazing,great and wonderful mam.I love your lesson as always.you make every complicated lesson into easier once.

Prasunan

You make every complicated lesson into much more easier one.

Prasunan

it’s very helpful lesson, thank you rebecca.

medard ray

really good lesson

pradeepmathew

Thank you, Rebecca.
I felt my Quiz only 6/10
May

may

I got 10 out of 10. Thank you so much Rebecca!

lucx

Thank You, Rebecca Madam. May God bless you for your noble service.

sriram Jayaram

thought I selected nouns but wrongly tabbed on Verb.
With that said , I would like to thank you for your remarkable contributions to enhance our engagements in your fabulous English class. Your English classes give me a golden opportunity to optimize my writing skills. More importantly it gives confidence and how to maximize my vocabulary. I strongly recommend your class to other close friends who have limited English grammar. I truly appreciate you for unreserved efforts and courage you have shown me. May God bless your wisdom and talent. Thank you very much!

Jose5021

Great lesson! Very useful. Thanks a lot

carmen froes

Thanks Rebecca for your great lesson. I have a question:
In your example:
The lightbulbs are in the cabinet, on the table or under the kitchen sink.
Isn’t neccesary to put a comma before or?. Please your comments. I would really appreciate them, since I am trying to understand when to use a comma and when not to use it. Thanks so much.

Abigail Falcon

I got 100%. Finally I understand the famous paralelism. Thank you so much Rebecca. You are the best!

Abigail Falcon

Thanks

sealair

Hello Rebecca,
I hope you can read this message. I just want you to know that I was so amazed the way to taught English. You made it more simple in a way that all of us, who wanted to learnt this language wholeheartedly. Thank you for letting us access this website for free. Your are all amazing teacher. We really appreciate all your effort. It means a lot to us learners.

Nivram1990

Thanks a lot dear teacher. You guided me perfectly!I owe you.

Nilanga2021

80%… I think it is good.

Hashim Hassan

Got 100?

Tamana Tamana

Thank you madam,
Score 8 out of 10. I know, I’ll be practised regularly is important.

Narayanan V

I am in love with this website! The quiz is so much useful. Thank you, Teacher Rebeca!

Meirivan

Thank you Rebbeca

Raj1kumar

@Rebecca Can’t we write “To fly will be better than to drive”?

Varun Chenna

Omg i am the new user ..and by seeing the comment interface..im totally amzed..its so cool to leave comment ..here…thats why im writting

aissrmakumar

i got all correct but except for this one:
Parallelism says that you should match nouns with ______, for example.

pronouns
verbs
adjectives
nouns
i marked verbs..while the answer was noun???

aissrmakumar

9/10
Thanks a lot Rebecca,hugs. (Kazakhstan, 23Sept2021);
I love watching your lessons.

Jannyl

Thanks a lot, Rebecca. This lesson is amazing.(Azores Islands, 23sept2021);

PFig

Thanks a lot, Rebecca. I just got a 100 in the TOEFL!
This lesson is essential.

I watched this video twice on June 29, 2021, and took the quiz after watching it once. I got ten correct out of 10.

ergn

Amazing teacher thanks very much

Babar Aldeen Ibrahim Adam

Received 90, thanks for giving us such a good knowledge.

pkumar113

tanks a lot

Yildiz Okuturlar

10/10 thanks ma’am Rebecca

Argiekim

Thank you Rebecca10/10

Ahmad Abushawish

Many thanks, teacher Rebeca. I got 10/10.

cricketsgreen

Hello Rebecca,
Hope you’re doing good.

I really enjoy your YouTube videos; I have learnt a lot. Thank you, the technique of your teaching is really helpful to learn the English language.

Fina Jasmine

Thank you so much Rebecca..

zaara shaikh

Great lesson! I already feel like I’m more advanced.

AriBakur

Thanks for this explanation.

Clamacedo79

Hi Rebecca, thank you very much for your generous wisdom. Also, I’d really appreciate it if you could tell me if this sentence is correct: I like to read, dance, and travel the world.

Muhsin Khan D

Thanks

Upendo Kaluzi

Thanks a lot mam. Your video on parallelism helped me learning, understanding and using the concept of parallelism.
I got 100 marks in the very first attempt. I am very grateful to you for this.