Parallelism in Writing

Loki likes chicken rice more than _______.

• fried rice

• to eat fried rice

• to be eating fried rice

• ate fried rice

He drove to the store to buy milk, eggs, and _______.

• to get bread

• bread

• getting bread

• got bread

Ruhil’s job responsibilities include _____, training, and informing workers of company policies.

• to hire

• hired

• hire

• hiring

Hui Ling jogs, hikes, and _____.

• she is kick boxing

• kick boxes

• she kick boxes

• she is going to kick boxing

I think that learning a new language is harder than ______.

• Science

• to learn Science

• learning Science

• learned Science

The film had many stars, used various special effects, and ______.

• violence

• featured graphic violence

• it was violent

• violent

For some very shy people, giving a speech can be as frightening as _______.

• having a serious illness

• illness

• to have an illness

• had an illness

I’d rather be lucky or hardworking than ________.

• to have talent

• having talent

• talented

• had a talent

That football team has both a good offense and _______.

• it has a good defense

• a good defense

• having a good defense

• it had a good defense

Sandeep is not only loyal to friends but also ______.

• he is friendly to strangers

• to be friendly to strangers

• friendly to strangers

• he was friendly to strangers