Multiple choice

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

The mother wanted the girl to wash the clothes, to do dusting and cook the food.

  1. to do dusting

  2. dust the rooms

  3. do the dusting of the rooms

  4. the rooms to be dusted

  5. to finish dusting

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(B): In a series of three or more, all the activities should be in the same grammatical format. If the series begin with the infinitive and no other verb is followed by 'to' then it is understood in the other parts as well. So 'B' option best maintains the parallelism.

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