Question

Select the sentence that uses correct parallel construction. A. The student body president would organize pep rallies and getting better food in the cafeteria.
B. Sheila visited Paris last summer and climbed the Eiffel tower. C. Keith wanted to go out and buy some groceries and also filled gas in his car. D. The new high school principal came from another school in the district and is friendly. E. I like to go shopping, go trekking, and ride my bicycle. NextReset

Answer 1

In my opinion, the correct answer is B. Sheila visited Paris last summer and climbed the Eiffel tower. A parallel structure in a sentence requires use of two or more instances of the same grammatical form; so, if it is, for example, simple present tense, it should be consistently used in all the clauses. In this case, we have perfect tense in both clauses, which makes these two actions parallel.