Question

Which of these sentences uses correct parallel structure?

After school, Sheila either walks home or is taking a bus.



Every evening, Jenny does her homework and then took her dog for a walk.



On the airplane, Shane read a book, watched a movie, and was playing his favorite music.



Before starting college, Jake learned how to speak Spanish and traveled across South America.

Answer 1

I think the correct answer is the last one "before starting college, Jake learned how to speak Spanish and traveled across south"

Answer 2

Answer: D) Before starting college, Jake learned how to speak Spanish and traveled across South America.

Explanation: parallelism is a literary device that consists in the repetition of the grammatical structure of different words or phrases in a sentence or paragraph, in order to emphasize an idea or to create an impact in the audience. From the given options, the one that uses correct parallelism or parallel structure, is the corresponding to option D, because the verbs are in the same tense (learned and traveled).