Question

Which option best revises this sentence so that it uses parallel structure?
High school students should be required to do community
service in order to graduate because it helps them build
social awareness and helps them take a greater interest in
their communities, as well as gaining necessary job skills.
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A. High school students should be required to do community service
in order to graduate because it helps them to build social
awareness, taking a greater interest in their communities, and to
gain necessary job skills.
O
B. High school students should be required to do community service
in order to graduate because it helps them by building social
awareness, taking a greater interest in their communities, and lets
them gain necessary job skills.
O
C. High school students should be required to do community service
in order to graduate because it helps them build social awareness,
take a greater interest in their communities, and gain necessary
job skills.
O
D. High school students should be required to do community service
in order to graduate because it helps them by building social
awareness and to take a greater interest in their communities, as
well as gain necessary job skills

Answer 1

Answer:

C. High school students should be required to do community service  in order to graduate because it helps them build social awareness,  take a greater interest in their communities, and gain necessary  job skills.

Explanation:

"Parallel structure" is also known as "parallelism" when it comes to English writing. This allows the writer to help the reader understand by conveying his thoughts in a pattern. Such pattern of ideas should have the same tenses and should also match in their structures.

Among the choices above, it is only choice C that uses the parallel structure. It used only one kind of verb tense (present tense).

• ...helps them build social awareness,
• ...take a greater interest in their communities,
• ...gain necessary job skills.

So, this explains the answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. High school students should be required to do community service  in order to graduate because it helps them build social awareness,  take a greater interest in their communities, and gain necessary  job skills.

Explanation: