Which sentence contains parallel structure? derrick’s sister was proud that her big brother coached her soccer team. derrick coached his sister’s soccer team and managed his brother’s baseball team. derrick had managed his brother’s baseball team for the past three seasons. derrick was a great older brother, to coach his siblings’ sports teams each season.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.