Parallel structure

Which example shows correct parallel structure?

• Recommended exercise includes to run, to swim, and cycling.

• 
  Recommended exercise includes running, swimming, and cycling.

• Recommended exercise includes running, to swim, and cycling.

• 
  Recommended exercise includes running, swimming, and to cycle.

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The customer service representative was asked to deal with customers kindly, professionally, and in a helpful manner.

In this sentence, how is kindly, professionally, and in a helpful correctly written?

• as it is

• kindly, to be professional, and helpful

• kindly, professionally, and helpfully

• customers kindly, to be professional, and to be helpful.

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Going to school, riding a bike, and to spend time with friends were little things enjoyed today that Anne Frank could not do, due to her circumstances.

How is this sentence correctly written?

• as it is

• School, riding bikes, and spending time with friends were little things enjoyed today that Anne Frank could not do, due to her circumstances.

• Going to school, riding a bike, and spending time with friends were little things enjoyed today that Anne Frank could not do, due to her circumstances.

• To go to school, to ride a bike, and spending time with friends were little things enjoyed today that Anne Frank could not do, due to her circumstances.

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Scientists and meteorologists are currently studying storms and try to find better ways of predicting them.

How is this sentence correctly written?

• Scientists and meteorologists are currently studying storms and trying to find better ways of predicting them.

• as it is

• Scientists and meteorologists are currently studying storms and tried to find better ways of predicting them.

• Scientists and meteorologists are currently studying storms and to try to find better ways of predicting them.

Replace the underlined portion of the sentence with a choice that creates a parallel structure.

There are two ways to get a promotion: working hard or make friends in high places.

• worked hard

• no change

• work hard

• to working hard

Replace the underlined portion of the sentence with a choice that creates a parallel structure.

Learning a new language as an adult is more difficult than to learn one as a child.

• to learning

• learned

• no change

• learning

Neither _______ nor the ineffective air conditioner rattling in the window will deter Tiffany from loving the freedom of her first apartment.

• having played loud music by the inconsiderate neighbors

• playing loud music by the inconsiderate neighbors

• the inconsiderate neighbors playing loud music

• 
  when the inconsiderate neighbors played loud music

We looked everywhere for the car keys--under the sofa cushions, _______, and on the counters and tabletops. All along, Andrew had them in the front pocket of his jeans!

• we searched for them in the trash can

• in the trash can

• searching for them in the trash can

• our search included the trash can

When Noodle, the poodle, realized that the leash meant a bath, not a walk to the park, he growled, pulled, and _______.

• decided to leap like a fish on a line

• leaped like a fish on a line

• he was leaping like a fish on a line

• was leaping like a fish on the line

Select the sentence that illustrates the use of proper parallel construction. 

• Phuong Tran has wit, charm, and she has an extremely pleasant personality

• Phuong Tran has wit, charm, and a pleasing personality.