Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The city of Mumbai holds a Full Marathon in the autumn, a global food festival in spring, and organizes a world class fashion show in winter.

  1. a global food festival in spring, and organizes a world class fashion show in winter

  2. holds a global food festival in spring, and organizes a world class fashion show in winter

  3. and also a global food festival in spring along with a world class fashion show in winter

  4. a global food festival in spring, a fashion show that is world class in winter

  5. a global food festival in spring, and a world class fashion show in winter

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

Correct; removes the error of parallelism by using a single verb - 'holds' for all the three events described in the sentence