Parallelism

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

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 he also disliked

• but also disliking

To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or __________.

• refuses to scrub the bathtub

• scrub the bathtub

• won't scrub the bathtub

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

• howls at cyclists

• howling at cyclists

• she howls at cyclists

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

• paying her credit card balance

• toward her credit card balance

• credit card balance

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

• tightened her shoelaces

• was tightening her shoelaces

• did tighten her shoelaces

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

• on the pantry shelves

• the pantry shelves

Bonkers, our ninety pound golden retriever, chews on furniture, __________, and snots up the car windows—inconveniences we didn't anticipate when we adopted him.

• would drag us around the neighborhood during walks

• he drags us around the neighborhood during walks

• drags us around neighborhood during walks

Carlos not only missed his one-year anniversary with Adrianna __________.

• but he also forgot his mother's birthday

• but also forgot his mother's birthday

• but also forgetting his mother's birthday

When Noodle the poodle realized that the leash meant a bath, not a walk to the park, he growled, pulled, and __________.

• was leaping like a fish on a line

• he was leaping like a fish on a line

• leaped like a fish on a line