After analyzing each option, we can choose the following as the one whose structure is correct:
B. The palm trees swayed in the wind and looked beautiful.
Avoiding shifts in tenses:
- The problem with the other options is that they shift the tenses of the verbs when it is not necessary.
- The speaker is talking about the way the palm trees looked and how they moved. If one of the verbs used to refer to the trees is in the past, we can assume that the other one will also be in the past.
- Thus, we can eliminate options A, C, and D because of the verbs that are used in different tenses. The best option is B, since it is the only one with consistent tenses for both verbs.
The missing answer choices for this question are the following:
A. The palm trees swayed in the wind and looking beautiful.
B. The palm trees swayed in the wind and looked beautiful.
C. The palm trees swayed in the wind and look beautiful.
D. The palm trees sway in the wind and looked beautiful.
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