Questions: Which sentence is least parallel? Select the best answer. She dislikes eggs, tomatoes, and hates peppers. Before looking up, you need to make sure the roof is clear out safely. Yesterday, I took a nap, wrote a story, and read a book.

Which sentence is least parallel? Select the best answer.

She dislikes eggs, tomatoes, and hates peppers.

Before looking up, you need to make sure the roof is clear out safely.

Yesterday, I took a nap, wrote a story, and read a book.

Transcript text: Which sentence is least parallel? Select the best answer. She dislikes eggs, tomatoes, and hates peppers. Before looking up, you need to make sure the roof is clear out safely. Yesterday, I took a nap, wrote a story, and read a book.

Solution

Answer

The answer is: She dislikes eggs, tomatoes, and hates peppers.

Explanation

Option 1: She dislikes eggs, tomatoes, and hates peppers.

This sentence is the least parallel because it mixes different grammatical structures. "Dislikes" and "hates" are both verbs, but they are not used in a parallel structure. A parallel structure would be "She dislikes eggs, dislikes tomatoes, and hates peppers" or "She dislikes eggs, tomatoes, and peppers."

Option 2: Before looking up, you need to make sure the roof is clear out safely.

This sentence is parallel because it maintains a consistent structure. The phrase "Before looking up" is followed by the main clause "you need to make sure the roof is clear out safely," which is grammatically consistent.

Option 3: Yesterday, I took a nap, wrote a story, and read a book.

This sentence is parallel because it uses a consistent verb structure: "took," "wrote," and "read" are all past tense verbs, maintaining parallelism in the list of actions.

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