Question

read the paragraph. ivory coast will soon use waste from its cocoa bean production to fuel a new biomass electricity plant. the plant will have notable benefits. it will generate income for farmers, and it will be providing electricity to 1.7 million people. how should the last sentence in the paragraph be written to create parallel structure? 1. it will generate income for farmers and provide electricity to 1.7 million people. 2. it will be generating income for farmers and provide electricity to 1.7 million people. 3. it will generate income for farmers and will be providing electricity to 1.7 million people. 4. it will be generating income for farmers and it will also provide electricity to 1.7 million people.

Explanation:

Parallel structure requires that the verbs in a list have the same grammatical form. In the original sentence, the first - verb phrase is "will generate" (simple future tense). The second verb phrase should also be in the simple future tense for parallelism. Option 1 has both "generate" and "provide" in simple future tense.

Answer:

1. It will generate income for farmers and provide electricity to 1.7 million people.