Washington State University
Washington State University: Common Errors
Do you say or write "exscape" when you should say "escape"? This webpage is from the Common Errors in English website. If you think other people's language mistakes are sometimes funny, you might enjoy reading the ways people have...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recognizing Run Ons and Comma Splices
A seven-question quiz in which students choose the sentence with no errors.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Punctuation: Comma Quiz
Choose the correctly punctuated sentences in this fourteen-question quiz.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Notorious Confusables #5
In this quiz, students are to read sentences looking at the two words in all caps including their spellings. They must decide what, if anything, needs to be changed, and select the correct answer. Links are also provided for a tutorial,...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Semicolon With Conjunctions
Rules and examples for using semicolons with conjunctions in a compound sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Item in a Series
This site is concerned with writing any kinds of items in a series. It verbally and graphically illustrates parallel structure, and shows how to punctuate a series.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Parallel Form
This site from the Capital Community College defines the term and gives many examples of faulty parallelism and the corrected version of sentences. Includes links to a couple of quizzes at the bottom of the page. "Most of the...
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Other
Bellevue Community College: Writing Lab: Parallelism [Pdf]
A printable guide with explanations and examples of sentences with and without parallel structure. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF] L.9-10.1a Parallelism
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parallel Construction: How to Make a Sentence Parallel: Lesson 5
This lesson discusses parallel construction and why it is important. It is lesson 5 of 8 in the series titled "Parallel Construction." L.9-10.1a Parallelism
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parallel Structure in Lists: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses the importance of parallel construction in lists. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Parallel Structure in Lists." L.9-10.1a Parallelism
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parallel Sentence Structure Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on Parallel Sentence Structure.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parallel Sentence Structure Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parallel Sentence Structure Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure.
Towson University
Towson University: Parallel Sentence Structure (W/ Correlative Conj) Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure using Correlative Conjunctions.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Parallelism
A list of ten situations where writing should be parallel. Each contains a link to additional information.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Knowing the Basics of Grammar
This grammar tutorial for college students features help on verb agreement, the use of semicolons, sentence structure, and more.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Usage Exercises
This is a list of links to grammar usage exercises/quizzes including verbs, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parallel structure, modifier placement, and miscellaneous usage errors.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Comma Usage
In this comma quiz, students read each of two paragraphs and insert necessary commas. When finished with both paragraphs, they click "Explanations" to see the correct comma placements. Java is required. Links are also provided to "Guide...
Other
Instruct Uwo: Module 6 Sentence Structure and Style
This site discusses several characteristics of writing: coordination, subordination, parallelism, and sentence variety. Each section includes a brief discussion with examples. There are also quizzes and additional links for each section.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details (English I Writing)
Learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 2 (English I Writing)
Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Punctuation (English I Writing)
Learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct punctuation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 3 (English I Writing)
Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Other
Meredith Grammar Review: Clauses & Phrases
This online grammar guide provides instructions and examples on punctuating combinations of phrases and clauses. It also provides interactive exercises throughout the chapter.