Mid-dreaming, I jolted awake to a strange sound. It reminded me of static or air waves buzzing around my tent. My eyes became fixated on the zipper in which was opening up the tent, seemingly on its own. Frightened, I see a bald-headed, green creature, who resembled a person, staring back at me.
It looked at me, I looked at it.
His voice spoke out words I could barely comprehend. It sounded like an invite to a house party of some sort.
Next thing I knew was I have teleported to a new room. It was filled with gears and robotic-like gadgets. There were buttons and neon lights surrounding me.
All of the sudden, I realized I was not alone.
The correct answer is option 3: "Tonight, Shea read a short story, practiced soccer, and chatted with Betsy". Remember that whenever you need to use parallel structures, you have to use <u>the same tense or word pattern</u>. In option 3, you have three verbs. The three of them are in the past simple tense. Option 1, "Last evening, Shea read "The Necklace", study her physics, and to buy her prom dress" is not grammatically correct. That sentence presents different tenses and the verbs are not well conjugated. Therefore, It is not written in proper parallel structure. Option 2, "Yesterday, Shea bought her dress, had completed her calculus problems, and was talking to Bobby" is not grammatically correct either. Although the sentence is stated in the past, the order of the events is not clear and the verbs do not belong to exactly the same tense. To conclude, option 3 is the only sentence written in proper parallel structure.
