parallel structure

When Delores realized that her father had made lima beans and rice for dinner, she __________, claimed to feel nauseous, and excused herself from the table. The bag of stale popcorn in her room would tide her over until breakfast.

• clutched her stomach

• was clutching her stomach

• did clutch her stomach

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or __________.

• refuses to scrub the bathtub

• won't scrub the bathtub

• scrub the bathtub

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

When Diane takes her beagle for a walk, Santana enjoys sniffing for edible garbage, __________, and lunging at squirrels.

• howls at bicyclists

• howling at bicyclists

• she howls at bicyclists

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.7.4A

In preparation for her run, Alicia __________, applied sunscreen, and increased the volume on her iPod.

• tightened her shoelaces

• was tightening her shoelaces

• did tighten her shoelaces

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.4A

Belinda saw very little of the horror movie, for she shut her eyes __________, when she heard the monster's footsteps in the dead leaves, and when characters started screaming.

• when the violins began to play

• while listening to the violins play

• during the violin music

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

Teresa was expecting a visit from her mother, so she spent the day cleaning the shelves of the refrigerator, scrubbing mold from the bathroom tile grout, and __________.

• she removed dog hair from the sofa cushions

• removing dog hair from the sofa cushions

• removed dog hair from the sofa cushions

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.L.7.4A

When Noodle the poodle realized that the leash meant a bath, not a walk to the park, he growled, pulled, and __________.

• was leaping like a fish on a line

• he was leaping like a fish on a line

• leaped like a fish on a line

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

With the humans out of the house, Skeeter had to decide either to shred a roll of toilet paper or __________.

• chew another hole in the sofa arm

• chewing another hole in the sofa arm

• if he wanted to chew another hole in the sofa arm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

In addition to being a successful mother, actress, and _____, Thelma is the president of her own company.

• she writes

• to write

• writing

• writer

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

During our warm up you must read silently and _________________

• on your own

• individually

• alone

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.6