parallel structure

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

• was clutch her stomach

1.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

• but likely

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

• refuses to scrub the bathtub

• won't scrub the bathtub

• scrub the bathtub

• refuse to scrub

1.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

• going somewhere

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

• howls at bicyclists

• howling at bicyclists

• she howls at bicyclists

• for howl at bicyclists

6.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

7.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

8.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 the neighborhood during walks

9.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 violins began to play

• while listening to the violins play

• during the violin music

10.In Mrs. Curall's office, Ruben feigned the flu. He hopes to be excused from class, gets an extension on his paper, and

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• spends the afternoon playing tennis with his friends

• to spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends

• then to spend the afternoon playing tennis with his friends