EMPOWERgmatVerbal
After escaping from slavery, Harriet Tubman, who would go on to free other slaves, become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, serve as a nurse and spy for the Union Army, and work with Susan B. Anthony to promote women’s suffrage.
Ⓐ Tubman, who would go on to free other slaves, become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, serve
Ⓑ Tubman, going on to free other slaves, become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, serve
Ⓒ Tubman, going on to free other slaves, would also go on to become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, plus serving
Ⓓ Tubman would go on to free other slaves, become the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, serve
Ⓔ Tubman would go on to free other slaves, becoming the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War, plus serving
After reviewing the options, we see that most of the differences revolve around verb forms, either the -ing form or the base form. When dealing with choices that involve verbs, it is important to look at the portion of the sentence that isn’t underlined. After “and,” we see the verb “work.” When verbs or verb forms are used in a series, as they are in this sentence, each verb or verb form should demonstrate parallelism. The verbs that form the series are “free,” “become,” and “serve.” Since we cannot change the form of “work,” then for the rest of the sentence to be parallel, an -ing form should not be used. Options C and E use the -ing form, so these answer choices are not parallel. They cannot be the best answers.
Option A uses the relative pronoun “who,” to create a relative clause. Because the “who” is preceded by a comma, this clause becomes nonessential. Not including this clause should not change the meaning of the sentence. But without this clause, the sentence reads “Harriet Tubman become the first woman . . .” This does not make any sense; “become” does not work with the third-person singular subject “Harriet Tubman.” Option A cannot be correct.
Option B uses the phrase “going on to free other slaves.” We have an -ing verb (going) and an infinitive (to free), so there is no verb left in the sentence, because all the other verbs in the series are infinitives matched to be parallel with “to free.” This cannot be the correct answer.
We have eliminated four answer choices. Option D includes the verb “would go,” and all the verb forms in the series are infinitives so they are parallel. Option D is correct.
Is "PLus" a valid word in english? Plus serving, is it allowed?