College of Admission Tests Multan

Parallelism

Solve the question of and select the option from the choices A through D/E. Check your Answer and view the explanation.

Question: 6

The kids took too much time cleaning their rooms, left little time to do outdoor chores.
  • left few times to do outdoor chores.
  • leave little time to doing outdoor chores.
  • left little time to had done outdoor chores.
  • leaving little time to do outdoor chores.
  • left little time to do outdoor chores.

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Correct Answer: D

The underlined phrase in the sentence, being the second part of a complex sentence, needs to have a parallel structure to the phrase in the first half of the sentence; therefore, "leaving little time to do outdoor chores," is the best choice among the answers.