Questions: Question 17 of 20 Which sentence uses parallel structure? A. We set these goals for our organization: to increase our presence in the news media, to find new sources of financial support, and building teamerpyalty. B. This sales position includes the following responsibilities: writing a weekly status report, to communicate with clients, and managing an assistant. C. These simple habits can help you stay energetic while you study: drinking a lot of water, sitting with good posture, and taking occasional breaks to move around. D. During the test, you will be asked to do the following: answer multiple-choice questions, answer short-response items, and writing an essay.

Question 17 of 20
Which sentence uses parallel structure?
A. We set these goals for our organization: to increase our presence in the news media, to find new sources of financial support, and building teamerpyalty.
B. This sales position includes the following responsibilities: writing a weekly status report, to communicate with clients, and managing an assistant.
C. These simple habits can help you stay energetic while you study: drinking a lot of water, sitting with good posture, and taking occasional breaks to move around.
D. During the test, you will be asked to do the following: answer multiple-choice questions, answer short-response items, and writing an essay.

Transcript text: Question 17 of 20 Which sentence uses parallel structure? A. We set these goals for our organization: to increase our presence in the news media, to find new sources of financial support, and building teamerpyalty. B. This sales position includes the following responsibilities: writing a weekly status report, to communicate with clients, and managing an assistant. C. These simple habits can help you stay energetic while you study: drinking a lot of water, sitting with good posture, and taking occasional breaks to move around. D. During the test, you will be asked to do the following: answer multiple-choice questions, answer short-response items, and writing an essay.

Solution

Answer

The answer is C

Explanation

Option A: "We set these goals for our organization: to increase our presence in the news media, to find new sources of financial support, and building teamerpyalty."

This sentence does not use parallel structure because the list items are not in the same grammatical form. "To increase" and "to find" are infinitive forms, while "building" is a gerund.

Option B: "This sales position includes the following responsibilities: writing a weekly status report, to communicate with clients, and managing an assistant."

This sentence also lacks parallel structure. "Writing" and "managing" are gerunds, while "to communicate" is an infinitive.

Option C: "These simple habits can help you stay energetic while you study: drinking a lot of water, sitting with good posture, and taking occasional breaks to move around."

This sentence uses parallel structure correctly. All items in the list are gerunds: "drinking," "sitting," and "taking."

Option D: "During the test, you will be asked to do the following: answer multiple-choice questions, answer short-response items, and writing an essay."

This sentence does not use parallel structure. "Answer" is a verb in the base form, while "writing" is a gerund.

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