S5 Formative 4: parallelism, conjunctions & prepositions

When Ken realised that his father had made fried egg and rice for dinner again, he __________, claimed to feel nauseous, and excused himself from the table. The bag of stale popcorn in his room would do until breakfast.

• clutched his stomach

• was clutching his stomach

• did clutch his stomach

• had clutched his stomach

Answer explanation

Both blue and red answers are correct because both maintain grammatical parallelism.

Not only did Andy hate the way Mary chewed with her mouth open, _________ finding her wet towels all over the bathroom floor.

• but also disliked

• but he also disliking

• but he also disliked

• but he also dislikeS

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

• looked on the cupboard shelves

• in the cupboard shelves

• the cupboard shelves

• looked the cupboard shelves

To protect her delicate hands, Annie will not sweep the floor, do the dishes, or __________.

• refuses to scrub the bathtub

• won't scrub the bathtub

• scrub the bathtub

• scrubbed the bathtub

After Master Phil cashes his pay-check, the money goes to his savings account, cappuccino fund, and __________.

• paying his credit card bill

• towards his credit card balance

• credit card balance

• to his credit card balance

Kate 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

• for the violin music

Pammy was expecting a visit from her mother, so she spent the day cleaning the shelves of the refrigerator, scrubbing mold from the bathroom tiles and __________.

• had removed dog hair from the sofa cushions

• she removed dog hair from the sofa cushions

• removed dog hair from the sofa cushions

• removing dog hair from the sofa cushions

When Noodle the poodle realised that the dog 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

• had leapt like a fish on a line

• leaped like a fish on a line

I hate having dinner at her house because she is a vegan health nut. Baked tofu, __________, and decaffeinated tea do not make a satisfying meal!

• vegetables that are flavourless

• vegetables steamed with no oil or seasoning

• steamed vegetables

• those flavourless vegetables

Bathing Noodle, our poodle, requires four arms to hold him in the tub, towels to mop up the water, and __________.

• raincoats which will keep us dry

• raincoats for protection

• raincoats to keep us dry

• raincoats as protection against the oncoming deluge