Parallel Structure Worksheets for 7th and 8th Grade

What your child practices

Parallel Structure is a core 7th and 8th grade language arts skill (Grades 7 to 8 in Canada), and this set gives your child 57 questions over 6 worksheets. Middle school writing is judged on clarity and precision, and practicing Parallel Structure directly helps your child revise their own essays and reports. It opens with a guided Learn and Practice page, moves on to a practice sheet and a review test, then finishes with two quick quizzes and a mixed review. The skill matches Common Core L.7.1, the standard for using grammar correctly in writing and speaking. It also touches L.7.3a, choosing words and sentences for effect. In Canada it matches the BC curriculum for Grade 7. Each PDF includes its own answer key on page 2, ready for you or your child to check. Short on time? Start with the Parallel Structure video lesson, then print a sheet while it is fresh.

Tips for parents

• Ask your child to spot the skill in their own recent writing and revise one paragraph.
• Turn a mistake into a mini lesson: fix it together and write one new example.
• Have your child find one example of Parallel Structure in a book you are already reading together.