Parallel Structure Practice #3A

Match it! Select the correct answer from the pull down...Good luck!

To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or ___.

In preparation for her run, Alicia ___, applied sunscreen, and increased the volume on her iPod.

In Mrs. Curall's office, Ruben feigned the flu. He hoped to be excused from class, get an extension on his paper, and ___.

Not only did Hank despise the way June chewed with her mouth open, ___finding her wet towels all over the bathroom floor.

When Delores realized that her father had made lima beans and rice for dinner, she ___, claimed to feel nauseous, and excused herself from the table. The bag of stale popcorn in her room would tide her over until breakfast.

Belinda 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.

Bonkers, our ninety pound golden retriever, chews on furniture, ___, and snots up the car windows—inconveniences we didn't anticipate when we adopted him.

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