Question

Which sentence correctly uses a parallel structure to convey the intended meaning?
A.
We found the houses looted, the broken bridges, and the burned farms.
B.
We found houses that were looted, bridges that were broken, and farms that had been burned.
C.
We found that the houses were looted, that the bridges were broken, and that the farms had been burned.
D.
We found that the houses had been looted, the bridges had been broken, and the farms had been burned.

Answer 1

Answer:

D.  We found that the houses had been looted, the bridges had been broken, and the farms had been burned.

Explanation:

Parallelism is arranging words of identical syntactical constructions.

'the houses had been looted'

'the bridges had been broken'

'the farms had been burned'

All three verbs are used in the Past Perfect Passive form, which means that their syntactical constructions are identical.