Parallel Structure

Parallel Structure

Choose the correct answer

Multiple Choice

1. When Delores realized that her father had made lima beans and rice for dinner, she __________, claimed to feel nauseous and excused herself from the table. The bag of stale popcorn in her room would tide her over until breakfast.

• clutched her stomach

• was clutching her stomach

• did clutch her stomach

Multiple Choice

Not only did Hank despise the way June chewed with her mouth open, _________ finding her wet towels all over the bathroom floor.

• but also disliked

• but also disliking

• but he also disliked

Multiple Choice

To protect her sensitive hands, Fran will not clean the yard, do the dishes, or __________.

• refuses to scrub the bathtub

• won't scrub the bathtub

• scrub the bathtub

Multiple Choice

When Diane takes her dog for a walk, it enjoys sniffing for edible garbage, __________, and lunging at squirrels.

• howls at bicyclists

• howling at bicyclists

• she howls at bicyclists

Multiple Choice

After Amanda cashes her paycheck, the money goes to her savings account, cappuccino fund, and __________.

• paying her credit card bill

• toward her credit card balance

• credit card balance

Multiple Choice

In preparation for her run, Alicia __________, applied sunscreen, and increased the volume on her iPod.

• tied her shoelaces

• tying her shoelaces

• did tie her shoelaces

Multiple Choice

We searched the car trunk, __________, and the top of the refrigerator, but we could not find the box of cornflakes that we remember buying.

• looked on the pantry shelves

• the pantry shelves

• on the pantry shelves

Multiple Choice

Sally, our ninety-pound dog, chews on furniture, __________, and scratches the doors—inconveniences we didn't expect when we adopted him.

• would drag us around the neighborhood during walks

• he drags us around the neighborhood during walks

• drags us around the neighborhood during walks

Multiple Choice

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.

• when the scary music began to play

• while listening to the scary music play

• during the scary music

Multiple Choice

Teresa was expecting a visit from her mother, so she spent the day cleaning the refrigerator, scrubbing the bathroom tile, and ________.

• she washed the carpet

• washing the carpet

• washed the carpet