Grammar for ielts writing a handbook by David S. Wills Contents

part, and then a verb (playing baseball) for the second. We need to either make 
both parts nouns or both parts verbs.
2. Keep verbs with verbs, and keep them in the same tense
Example:
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Incorrect: 
Last weekend we ran, swam, and went bowling.
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Correct: 
Last weekend we ran, swam, and bowled.
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Correct: 
Last weekend, we went running, swimming, and bowling.
Why? In the incorrect example, we are mixing verb tenses. Although we have 
three verbs and no nouns or adjectives, it is important to keep the verbs in the 
same tense. In the second example, which is technically correct, we use the past 
simple (ran etc.) but it sounds a little weird. In the third example, we use past 
continuous, where the “-ing” form of all three verbs is the same. 
3. Keep adjectives with adjectives
Example:
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Incorrect: 
The movie was fascinating and informed me about a lot of
things.
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Correct: 
The movie was fascinating and informative.
Why? In the incorrect example, we mix adjective (fascinating) and verb (in-
formed), whereas in the correct example we change to the adjective form (in-
formative) so that we have two adjectives.