1. Can you correct the parallelism in this sentence

Question

Walking my dog, I find the beach is no longer deserted: dedicated sunbathers lie on towels or sit in chairs, read, slept, or talked.

A. no change

B. to read, sleep,, or talking.

C. reading, sleeping, or talking.

D. read. sleep, or to talk.

Answer 1

The answer is D.  because the precursor section of the sentence is "lie" which is in the present tense and also "sit" which introduces the series of activities.

Answer 2

D.  all present tense