TASK 7: Parallel Structure Part I
Directions: Retype the following sentences and choose the one option-(A),(B),(C),or (D) that correctly completes the sentences.
1. San Francisco has a pleasant climate,___________ and many fascinating neighborhoods.
A. exciting scenery,
B. has exciting scenery
C. that the scenery is exciting
D. the scenery is exciting,
2. Insects provide many beneficial services, such as ______ , breaking down deadwood, and pollinating plants.
A. they condition soils
B. to condition soil
C. conditioning the soil
D. soil conditioned
3. Paint can be applied to a surface with rollers, ______ , or spray guns.
A. brushes
B. brushes can be used
C. with brushes
D. by brush
4. The use of labor-saving devices in homes, _________, and factories added to the amount of leisure time people had.
A. at an office
B. used in offices
C. offices
D. in offices
5. Roger Williams was a clergyman, ______ the colony of Rhode Island, and an outspoken advocate of religious and political freedom.
A. founded
B. the founder of
C. was the founder of
D. he founded
6. The tip of Pooh's nose by now quite crimson with anxiety and __________.
A. frustrate
B. in frustration
C. frustating
D. frustration
7. Early and Late, two smallish Friends and Relations,_______ a cracker or tried to.
A. pulls
B. pulled
C. are pulling
D. pull
8. I looked for my book but ________ find it.
A. couldn't
B. can't
C. isn't
D. could
9. Throughout history, trade routes have increased contact between people, ___________________ and greatly affected the growth of civilization.
A. have resulted in an exchange of ideas
B. an exchange of ideas has resulted
C. resulted in an exchange of ideas
D. resulting in an exchange of ideas
10. Photographers' choice of a camera depends on what kind of pictures they want to take, how much control they want over exposure, and___________they want to spend.
A. the amount of money
B. what money
C. how much money
D. so much money that
