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: 8

When I worked for Mr. Tariq, my daily duties included running the cash register, cleaning the store, and records of inventory.
  • When I worked
  • daily duties
  • cleaning
  • records of inventory
  • No Error

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Correct Answer: D

This sentence does not demonstrate proper parallel structure among the elements in the list. Each should be formatted similarly. So, because the first two elements in the list are gerunds ("running" and "cleaning"), the noun phrase "records of inventory" should be changed to a gerund as well. The corrected sentence reads, "When I worked for Mr. Tariq, my daily duties included running the cash register, cleaning the store, and recording inventory."