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

The only sentence which uses correct parallel structure is the last one - Before starting college, Jake learned how to speak Spanish and traveled across South America. A parallel structure means that the same tense is used throughout the sentence, and this is the only sentence where that is the case - both verbs are in the past simple tense.

Answer 2

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

Step-by-step 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 sentence that uses correct parallelism or parallel structure, is the corresponding to option D: Before starting college, Jake learned how to speak Spanish and traveled across South America, because the verbs are in the same tense "learned" and "traveled."