Parallel Structure worksheet with multiple-choice questions on sentence structure.

Let me work through each question carefully to identify which sentence has correct parallel structure.

Question 1:
- A: "Barking dogs, kittens that were meowing, and squawking parakeets greet the pet shop visitors." - This mixes forms: "barking" (participle), "kittens that were meowing" (clause), "squawking" (participle). NOT parallel.
- B: "Barking dogs, meowing kittens, and squawking parakeets greet the pet shop visitors." - All three use the same form: participle + noun. PARALLEL! ✓
- C: "Dogs that bark, kittens that meow, and parakeets squawking greet the pet shop visitors." - Mixes clauses with a participle phrase. NOT parallel.

Answer for #1: B

Question 2:
- A: "During class, Samuel spent his time flirting with Brittney, eating candy, and doodling on the assignment sheet." - All three are gerunds (-ing verbs): flirting, eating, doodling. PARALLEL! ✓
- B: "During class, Samuel spent his time flirting with Brittney, he ate candy, and doodling on the assignment sheet." - Mixes gerund, independent clause, and gerund. NOT parallel.
- C: "During class, Samuel spent his time to flirt with Brittney, to eat candy, and doodling on the assignment sheet." - Mixes infinitives with a gerund. NOT parallel.

Answer for #2: A

Question 3:
- A: "Alex looked everywhere for his math book—under the bed, on his desk, and he searched inside the refrigerator." - Mixes prepositional phrases with an independent clause. NOT parallel.
- B: "Alex looked everywhere for his math book—viewing under the bed, searching on his desk, and inside the refrigerator." - Mixes gerunds with a prepositional phrase. NOT parallel.
- C: "Alex looked everywhere for his math book—under the bed, on his desk, and inside the refrigerator." - All three are prepositional phrases. PARALLEL! ✓

Answer for #3: C

Question 4:
- A: "The manager wanted staff who arrived on time, smiled at the customers, and didn't snack on the chicken nuggets." - All three are past tense verbs in a relative clause: arrived, smiled, didn't snack. PARALLEL! ✓
- B: "The manager wanted staff who arrived on time, would be smiling at the customers, and would not be snacking on the chicken nuggets." - Mixes past tense with future progressive tenses. NOT parallel.
- C: "The manager wanted staff who arrived on time, smiled at the customers, and no snacking on the chicken nuggets." - Mixes verbs with a noun phrase. NOT parallel.

Answer for #4: A

Question 5:
- A: "After giving Jeremy her phone number, Felicia had to tolerate his late night calls, stupid conversations, and requests for her math homework." - All three are nouns/noun phrases: calls, conversations, requests. PARALLEL! ✓
- B: "After giving Jeremy her phone number, Felicia had to tolerate his late night calls, the fact that he carried on stupid conversations, and requests for her math homework." - Mixes simple nouns with a complex noun phrase ("the fact that..."). NOT parallel.
- C: "After giving Jeremy her phone number, Felicia had to tolerate being woken up late at night, having stupid conversations, and he constantly requested her math homework." - Mixes gerunds with an independent clause. NOT parallel.

Answer for #5: A

Final Answer:
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. A