Why it's park not parking or parks?

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English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #128 "Real Life: Transportation (1)", question 6

She also saw a woman park her car on the street. Then, the woman put some coins into the parking ......... so she wouldn't get a ticket. A lot of big cities have strict parking rules.

(a) microphone
(b) carpool
(c) meter

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #128 "Real Life: Transportation (1)", answer 6

She also saw a woman park her car on the street. Then, the woman put some coins into the parking meter so she wouldn't get a ticket. A lot of big cities have strict parking rules.

Correct answer: (c) meter
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She also saw a woman park her car on the street.
why it's park not parking or parks?

[Mister Micawber]

It is a non-finite verb; 'parking' is also possible.

See/Hear/Watch someone do/doing something
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[Mariuszkusz]

Hello,
Why the sentence is:
"Then, the woman put some coins into the parking meter so she wouldn't get a ticket." and not
"Then, the woman put some coins into the parking meter so she would get a ticket."
Did she want to get a ticket or not?
Shouldn't we use "could" instead of "would".
This would make more sense for me
Thanks

[Beeesneees]

She didn't want a ticket, because in this case a 'ticket' means a parking fine.
She put the coins into the meter so that she wouldn't get a big fine for parking in the wrong place without paying.
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[Mariuszkusz]

Thanks for your explanation.
I did not know the other meaning of the word "ticket".
Now, the sentence is very clear and makes sense.