Question

1. choose the best answer. which of these is the best combination of the following two sentences? the team was excited. the team was anxious. the team was excited and the team was anxious. the excited team was anxious. the team was excited and was anxious. the anxious and excited team was.

Explanation:

To combine the two sentences "The team was excited." and "The team was anxious.", we need to do so concisely while maintaining the original meaning.

• Option 1 ("The team was excited and the team was anxious.") is repetitive as it repeats "the team".
• Option 2 ("The excited team was anxious.") changes the meaning, suggesting the team's excitement led to anxiety, which is not the original intent (the team had both feelings simultaneously).
• Option 4 ("The anxious and excited team was.") is grammatically incorrect and does not convey the meaning properly.
• Option 3 ("The team was excited and was anxious.") correctly combines the two sentences by omitting the repeated "the team" after "and", maintaining the parallel structure and the original meaning that the team had both emotions.

Answer:

The team was excited and was anxious.