Exercise: Using parallel words and phrases

EXERCISE 45.1

Complete the following sentences, using parallel words or phrases in each case. Example:

The wise politician promises the possible, faces the unavoidable, and accepts the inevitable.

Click Submit after each question to record your answer. If your instructor has assigned this exercise set, you must answer every question before your answers will be submitted to the gradebook.

Before buying a used car, you should blank, blank, and blank.

Before buying a used car, you should ____, ____, and ____.
Three activities I’d like to try are blank, blank, and blank.

Three activities I’d like to try are ____, ____, and ____.
Working in a restaurant taught me not only blank but also blank.

Working in a restaurant taught me not only ____ but also ____.
We must either blank or blank.

We must either ____ or ____.
To pass the time in the waiting room, I blank, blank, and blank.

To pass the time in the waiting room, I ____, ____, and ____.