Parallel Structure

Last summer, I went hiking, stayed in a tent, and __.

• I saw a snake

• saw a snake

• seeing a snake

• then I saw a snake

Answer explanation

Last summer I did these three things:

-WENT hiking (past tense verb and direct object)

-SLEPT in a tent (past tense verb and direct object)

-SAW a snake (past tense verb and direct object)

The Super Bowl game with the '49ers and Taylor Swift's boyfriend's team is going to be fun, exciting, and __.

• a thrill to watch

• a really good time

• the best event of the year

• cool

Answer explanation

The game will be these three adjectives:

-fun

-exciting

-cool

Julie's favorite bugs are grasshoppers, ladybugs, and __.

• butterflies

• she also likes butterflies

• butterflies aren't her favorite, but she likes them okay

• to catch lightning bugs

Answer explanation

Julie has three favorite bugs:

grasshoppers

ladybugs

butterflies

Maurice's teacher asked him to take out the trash, sharpen pencils, and __.

• to erase the board

• also to erase the board

• whiteboard cleaning

• erase the board

Answer explanation

Maurice's teacher asked him TO do this, do that, and do that. The first TO applies to all 3 verbs.

When Harriet went to the circus last week, she was amazed by the loud cannon, funny clowns, and __.

• elephants wearing hats

• hat-wearing elephants

• all the elephants who were wearing hats

• she liked the elephants too

Answer explanation

Harriet was amazed by these 3 things:

loud cannon (adj./noun)

funny clowns (adj./noun)

hat-wearing elephants (adj./noun)

My mom told me I was grounded because I stayed up too late, forgot to do my chores, and _.

• failed to do my homework

• I didn't get my homework done

• no homework was done

• the homework was left undone

Super Bowl Sunday will be fun because I like to eat nachos, watch football, and __.

• to see the commercials

• commercials will be watched

• also I like the commercials

• see the commercials

Matt wants three things for Valentine's Day: a giant box of M&M's, a stuffed animal, and __

• to get a hug

• someone should hug him

• a big hug

• he wants his special someone to hug him

To cook a pizza, you have to roll the dough, spread the sauce, sprinkle the cheese, and _.

• turn on the oven

• you have to make sure the oven is set to 400 degrees

• the oven should be turned on

• the oven has to be at 400 degrees

To prepare for the Super Bowl, it is important to make some snacks, to clean the living room, and _.

• put on a Taylor Swift concert T-shirt

• a T-shirt from the Taylor Swift concert should be worn

• laundry should be clean so that a Taylor Swift concert T-shirt is available

• to put on a Taylor Swift concert T-shirt