The clown juggles, makes balloon animals, and will paint faces.

I think this sentence is parallel, am I correct?

No.

The verbs are JUGGLES and MAKES and WILL PAINT.

Do you see the problem?

Will paint should be paints.

Exactly!

Yes, you are correct! The sentence is parallel because all three actions (juggles, makes balloon animals, and will paint faces) are presented in the same grammatical form. They are all verbs in the simple present tense, describing different activities performed by the clown.

To determine if a sentence is parallel, you should check if the items in a list or series are expressed in a consistent manner, following the same grammatical pattern. In this case, all three actions are presented as verb phrases, making the sentence parallel.