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SIMPLE SENTENCE: PARALLEL STRUCTURE
1. Egyptian pyramids were regularly robbed despite their intricate passageways, byzantine mazes, and __________.
walls which were false
they had false walls
false walls
walls of falsity
2. In the years following the American Revolution and prior to the establishment of a national government , Washington provided the fledgling country with keen economic insight, _________, and astute international judgment.
a recognition of stability that was domestic
to stabilize the domestic situation
which was domestically stable
a sense of domestic stability
3. Despite the appearance of being merely pests, ants can serve a garden by eliminating other bothersome insects and ________.
they can aerate the soil
aerating the soil
to aerate the soil
that can aerate the soil
Answers: C , D, B
source:http://www.ttext.citymax.com/page/page/3235420.htm
SIMPLE SENTENCESARALLEL STRUCTURE
4. From Wrangell Island to Anchorage, Alaskan glacial formations rival those ________ and ones located in northern Canada .
found in Antarctica
which are found in Antarctica
finding in Antarctica
they find in Antarctica
5. The undergirding of cars is adversely affected ________ and excessive jostling .
in extremely salty
by extreme salinity
which is extremely salty
with salt that is extreme
Answers: A, B
SIMPLE SENTENCESARALLEL STRUCTURE
6. The red- headed clytus is a close relative of the banded ash borer and __________ considerable damage to the wood of dead and dying ash .
doing
to do
its
does
7. The continued use of the soils of the Ozark region is no longer possible because of a number of factors, both natural and __________.
those of which are artificial
artificial
artificially
artificiality
Answers: D, B
SIMPLE SENTENCESARALLEL STRUCTURE
8. The common puffin is a member of the very well -defined family of auks , including _________, guillemonts, razorbills, and the extinct greak auk .
those little auks
the auks which are little
little auks
auks that are little
9. Aluminum, __________, ductile metal, is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust.
a silver
that is a silversmith
a silvery
that is silver
10. Comparing __________ with a melody by Rossini or a scherzo by Beethoven, brings into focus the difference between schools of music
a Jensonian nocturne
a nocturne which belongs to Jensen
a nocturne whose Jensen
a nocturne by Jensen
Answers: C, C , D
1. Egyptian pyramids were regularly robbed despite their intricate passageways, byzantine mazes, and __________.
walls which were false
they had false walls
false walls
walls of falsity
2. In the years following the American Revolution and prior to the establishment of a national government , Washington provided the fledgling country with keen economic insight, _________, and astute international judgment.
a recognition of stability that was domestic
to stabilize the domestic situation
which was domestically stable
a sense of domestic stability
3. Despite the appearance of being merely pests, ants can serve a garden by eliminating other bothersome insects and ________.
they can aerate the soil
aerating the soil
to aerate the soil
that can aerate the soil
Answers: C , D, B
source:http://www.ttext.citymax.com/page/page/3235420.htm
SIMPLE SENTENCESARALLEL STRUCTURE
4. From Wrangell Island to Anchorage, Alaskan glacial formations rival those ________ and ones located in northern Canada .
found in Antarctica
which are found in Antarctica
finding in Antarctica
they find in Antarctica
5. The undergirding of cars is adversely affected ________ and excessive jostling .
in extremely salty
by extreme salinity
which is extremely salty
with salt that is extreme
Answers: A, B
SIMPLE SENTENCESARALLEL STRUCTURE
6. The red- headed clytus is a close relative of the banded ash borer and __________ considerable damage to the wood of dead and dying ash .
doing
to do
its
does
7. The continued use of the soils of the Ozark region is no longer possible because of a number of factors, both natural and __________.
those of which are artificial
artificial
artificially
artificiality
Answers: D, B
SIMPLE SENTENCESARALLEL STRUCTURE
8. The common puffin is a member of the very well -defined family of auks , including _________, guillemonts, razorbills, and the extinct greak auk .
those little auks
the auks which are little
little auks
auks that are little
9. Aluminum, __________, ductile metal, is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust.
a silver
that is a silversmith
a silvery
that is silver
10. Comparing __________ with a melody by Rossini or a scherzo by Beethoven, brings into focus the difference between schools of music
a Jensonian nocturne
a nocturne which belongs to Jensen
a nocturne whose Jensen
a nocturne by Jensen
Answers: C, C , D
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