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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | The relatives of the bride and groom, members of the wedding party, and friends of both families waited patiently. |
| | B) | The relatives of the bride and groom, the wedding party members, and both families' friends waited
patiently. |
| | C) | The bride and groom's relatives, the wedding party, and friends
waited patiently. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | We had a snowball fight, took a walk, and were enjoying riding a
sleigh. |
| | B) | We had a snowball fight, took a walk, and enjoyed a sleigh
ride. |
| | C) | We had a snowball fight, took a walk, and rode a
sleigh. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | We settled down into our coach seats, anticipating comfort, peace, and quiet. |
| | B) | We settled down into our coach seats, anticipating to be comfortable, peace, and quiet. |
| | C) | We settled down into our coach seats, anticipating comfort, to be peaceful, and quiet. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | Can you imagine undergoing a frightening operation and being hospitalized for twelve days? |
| | B) | Can you imagine undergoing a frightening operation and to be hospitalized for twelve days? |
| | C) | Can you imagine what it would be like to undergo a frightening operation and to be hospitalized for twelve days? |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | As I fell asleep, I heard the doctors giving orders, the instruments humming, and the nurses
whispering. |
| | B) | As I fell asleep, I heard the doctors give orders, the
instruments hum, and the nurses whisper. |
| | C) | As I fell asleep, I heard the
doctors giving orders, the instruments hum, and the nurses whisper. |
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| 6 | |
Choose the sentence that is
not parallel. |
| | A) | To save time when I drive to work, I
turn left, I cross the bridge, and I take the Don Valley Parkway. |
| | B) | To save
time when I drive to work, I turn left, cross the bridge, and taking the Don Valley Parkway. |
| | C) | To save time when I drive to work, the trick is to turn left, to cross the bridge, and to take the Don Valley Parkway. |
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Choose the sentence that is not
parallel. |
| | A) | The king did not die of old age: he was strangled,
or someone poisoned him. |
| | B) | The king did not die of old age: he was either
strangled or poisoned. |
| | C) | The king did not die of old age: he was strangled, or
he was poisoned. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | We knocked on the door, rang the bell, and shouting at the top of our lungs on our third attempt, but nobody was home. |
| | B) | We knocked on the door, rang the bell, and shouted at the top of our lungs, but nobody was
home. |
| | C) | We tried knocking on the door, ringing the bell, and shouting at the
top of our lungs, but nobody was home. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | Michael sighed, laughed, and tears were coming down his face when he watched movies of a family
reunion. |
| | B) | Michael sighed, laughed, and cried when he watched movies of a
family reunion. |
| | C) | Michael was sighing, laughing, and crying when he watched
movies of a family reunion. |
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Choose the sentence that is not parallel. |
| | A) | The Halloween decorations included black-clothed witches, white ghosts, and greenish
goblins. |
| | B) | The Halloween decorations included witches dressed in black, white
ghosts, and greenish goblins. |
| | C) | The Halloween decorations included witches
dressed in black, ghosts made of white sheets, and goblins with greenish flesh. |
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