EF5/6 Parallelism

parallelism - parallel (adj)

vocabulary - use the same word forms in a list or in a sequence
verb, verb, and verb
adj noun, adj noun, and adj noun.

-ex noun, noun, and noun
Maria likes cake, ice cream, and to drink milkshakes. par n n v
Maria likes cake, ice cream, and milkshakes.
n n n
Maria likes to enjoy cake, to eat ice cream, and to drink milkshakes.
v v v
Maria likes enjoying cake, eating ice cream, and munching chocolate.

Maria likes to enjoy cake, eating ice cream, and munching chocolate. par

rhyme - rhythm, repetition of a sound- makes the writing beautiful, song, poetry

EASIER EXERCISES
1. The understudy had bright green eyes, a great mass of blonde hair, and her face was red. par
bright green eyes - adj adj n
a great mass of blonde hair - adj adj prep ph
her face was red - n v adj

The understudy had bright green eyes, a great mass of blonde hair, and a red face. BETTER
The understudy had bright green eyes, a great mass of blonde hair voluminous/ big blonde hair, and a rosy red face.

2. a warmer house or a wood stove. adj n  mod n

3. not only helping him but also participating in

4. It's better to be happy than to be sad.
It's better being happy than being sad.

5. 

Italy - Italian
Germany - German
Spain - Spanish
France - French
Russia - Russian
Norway - Norwegian
Finland - Finnish
England - English
The Netherlands - Dutch
Iran - Persian

WORDS THAT SOUND PLURAL BUT ARE SINGULAR, AND VICE VERSA.
VS - versus , different meaning
Canada
The United States of America
The Philippines
The Republic of Congo
The People's Republic of China
all country names are singular

The Philippines is/are a popular country for tourists.

S PL
My eyeglasses are black.
This pair of eyeglasses is black.
John's pants are too tight.
Her new shoes are cool.
John bought two pairs of pants.
pants - Canada -trousers (England), jeans
pants - England - underwear

Where is are my pants? They are in the wash.
Where are my shoes?

The scissors are too dull to cut cloth.
This pair of scissors is too dull to cut cloth.


'hair' is normally uncountable
I got a haircut.

Your hair is getting long.
Your hairs are getting long. strange, XXX

I need a pair of scissors. The old pair of scissors is broken. The old scissors are broken.
I need a new pair of glasses. My old pair is scratched. My old glasses are too weak.


Examples:
This class is three and a half hours long.
Three and a half hours is/are a long time to sit still.
three and a half hours - is one measurement of time
$1000 is/are a lot of money for a phone.
$1000 - one amount
A thousand dollars is a lot of money.
$5000 is a good price for a used car.

dollars - bucks, five bucks

There is a dozen lollipops in the bag.

10 kilometres is/are a good distance for a hike.
10km - one distance

200 feet of string is/are enough to fly a kite.

foot - feet
person - people (persons-very unusual)

eyebrows, eyelashes

Gross! I found a hair in my food. Disgusting!
I found two hairs in my food.
Two hairs are in my food.
There is dog hair all over my sweater.
There are blond hairs on your sweater.

children - kids, tykes, babies, infants, toddlers,

baby animals
cat - kitten
goat - kid
dog - puppy
duck - duckling
goose - gosling
horse - filly, foal
cow - calf
whale - calf
moose - calf
deer - doe
frog - tadpole
fish - fry
fox - cub
wolf - cub
bear- cub
lion - cub
tiger - cub
panda - cub
chicken - chick
eagle - eaglet
baby bird
monkey - ?