Sentence Correction Overview

4. Betsy loves summertime when she swims, plays tennis, and is making friends.

A. and is making friends.

B. and makes friends.

C. and is able to be making friends.

D. and friends are made.

E. and there will be friends to make.

Betsy loves summertime when she swims, plays tennis, and is making friends.

Grammar issue presented: parallelism

- The sentence contains a list, which is a case for parallelism.

- All items in a list must be parallel.

This sentence contains faulty parallelism because the verb form is making does not match the form of swims and plays.

a) and is making friends.
Parallel? NO - swims / plays / making

b) and makes friends.
Parallel? YES - swims / plays / makes

c) and is able to be making friends.
Parallel? NO - swims / plays / to be making

d) and friends are made.
Parallel? NO- swims / plays / made

e) and there will be friends to make.
Parallel? NO - swims / plays / to make

(B) is the only choice that contains proper parallel construction.