Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the best option from the given choices.

The mother wanted the girl to wash the clothes, __________ 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. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In a series of three or more all the activities should be in the same grammatical format. If the series begin with the infinitive using ‘to’ and no other verb is followed by ‘to’ then it is understood in the other parts as well. So, option (2) best maintains the parallelism.

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