LET’S TRY ONE
Draft: “The role involves checking readings, recording changes, and to report faults.”
Which revision uses an -ing form for every listed action?
checking readings, recording changes, and reporting faults
The selected revision gives each action the requested matching form without changing the intended actions.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Revise a series or comparison so equivalent actions use the same grammatical form.
- Identify the grammatical form requested by the question.
- Check every coordinated item rather than only the first and last.
- Keep the intended actions while revising an item that breaks the pattern.
Try it together
Write a three-action description of a project. Revise it once with -ing forms and once with to + verb forms, explaining the difference.
Match the grammatical form requested. Keep each item doing the same kind of grammatical work while preserving the intended actions.