Parallel Structure Exercise – 6
Parallel Structure Exercise -6
Choose the option that maintains parallel structure in the sentence.
#1. To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or --------------------.
Answer : c ) scrub the bathtub
#2. After Amanda cashes her paycheck, the money goes to her savings account, cappuccino fund, and --------------------.
Answer : c ) credit card balance
#3. Laura and Diane bang on Boen’s door when they need heavy furniture moved, after they have clogged the garbage disposal, and --------------------.
Answer : c ) if they find a spider in the bathtub
#4. In Professor Curall’s office, Ruben feigned the flu. He hoped to be excused from class, get an extension on his paper, and --------------------.
Answer : a ) spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends
#5. Bonkers, our ninety-pound golden retriever, chews on furniture, --------------------, and snots up the car windows inconveniences we did not anticipate when we adopted him.
Answer : c ) drags us around the neighborhood during walks
#6. Neither -------------------- nor the ineffective air conditioner rattling in the window will deter Tiffany from loving the freedom of her first apartment.
Answer : b ) the inconsiderate neighbors playing loud music
#7. Tonia kicked the back of Vincent’s desk, ---------------, and poked his arm with her sharp pencil, but he would not bend to the side so that she could get a glimpse of his quiz answers.
Answer : A. blew on his neck
#8. Belinda saw very little of the horror movie, for she shut her eyes --------------------, when she heard the monster’s footsteps in the dead leaves, and when characters started screaming.
Answer : a ) when the violins began to play
#9. When Diane takes her beagle for a walk, Santana enjoys sniffing for edible garbage, --------------------, and lunging at squirrels.
Answer : b ) howling at bicyclists
#10. In preparation for her run, Alicia --------------------, applied sunscreen, and inserted her earbuds.
Answer : a ) tightened her shoelaces
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Parallel Structure Exercise -6
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Parallel Structure Exercise -6
Choose the option that maintains parallel structure in the sentence.
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