Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice (1); if not, select one of the other choices.

In her free time, she likes Knitting, sewing, watching TV and to read books.

  1. and to read books

  2. and to read books too

  3. and reading books

  4. and she likes to read books too

  5. and book reading
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The choices except option 3 are all violating parallelism in one way or the other. Options 1, 2 and 4 do not include “ing” in order to go with the rest of the sentence and 5 does not match with watching TV.

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