Parallel Structure

He said that he would meet you at the podiatrist and for you not to be late. 

• that he would meet you at the podiatrist and for you not to be late

• for you to meet him at the podiatrist and for you not to be late

• that he would meet you at the podiatrist and that for you not to be late

• to meet at the podiatrist and not be late

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

We were surprised when Mr. Anderson broke out into an angry rap about President Taft and that he began to use casual swear words in his lectures in AP US History. 

• when Mr. Anderson broke out into an angry rap about President Taft and that

• that Mr. Anderson broke out into an angry rap about President Taft and when

• when Mr. Anderson broke out into an angry rap about President Taft and when

• that Mr. Anderson broke out into an angry rap about President Taft, and that

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

I’m working on a presentation on the varied use of Silly Putty for Swain’s class and a paper for Mr. Thomas about the dangers of Pythagorean Theorem.

• and a paper for Mr. Thomas about the dangers of Pythagorean Theorem

• and on a paper for Mr. Thomas about the dangers of Pythagorean Theorem

• and a paper about the dangers of Pythagorean Theorem for Mr. Thomas’ class

• and on a paper on the dangers of Pythagorean Theorem for Mr. Thomas' class

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CCSS.SL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.7

What easy classes you take your senior year and the way you waste your education are of no concern to me.

• What easy classes you take your senior year
• The easy classes you take your senior year
• The way your senior year takes easy classes
• What a waste of your senior year

Mr. Regester’s lecture on stoichiometry was not inspired yet vexing.

• uninspired and vexing

• uninspiring yet troublesome
• prosaic yet puzzling
• boring yet vexing

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ms. Mills liked to keep her weekend plans simple: to take a warm bubble bath, exfoliate her tender skin, and sip mint juleps on her veranda with the girls from her quilting circle.

• to take a warm bubble bath, exfoliate her tender skin, and sip
• to take a warm bubble bath, exfoliate her tender skin, and to sip
• to take a warm bubble bath in order to exfoliate her tender skin, and sip
• taking a warm bubble bath, exfoliating her tender skin, and sip

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The unpopular teen, socially awkward and having no date for the Prom, escorted an elderly woman from church to the formal dance and shocked everyone with their amazing yet slightly inappropriate dancing.

• socially awkward and having no date for the Prom
• socially awkward and dateless for the Prom
• having been socially awkward and having no date for the Prom
• having a social awkwardness and a datelessness for the Prom

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.4

The unpopular teen, socially awkward and having no date for the Prom, escorted an elderly woman from church to the formal dance and shocked everyone with their amazing yet slightly inappropriate dancing.

• amazing yet slightly inappropriate dancing
• amazing yet slightly inappropriate dance
• incredible yet slightly inappropriate dancing
• amazing yet slightly ill-mannered dancing

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CCSS.L.9-10.3

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The value of your leadership skills and community service is more important to your college application than your GPA’s value.

• than your GPA’s value
• than the value of your GPA’s
• than that of your GPA
• than which is your GPA’s

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

By the end of the semester, many of her students considered Ms. Mills to be heartless, misanthropic, and one of the least competent teachers they had ever had.

• heartless, misanthropic, and one of the least competent teachers
• heartless, misanthropic, and the least competent teacher
• one of the most heartless, misanthropic, and competent teachers
• one of the most heartless, misanthropic, and incompetent teachers

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CCSS.L.9-10.1