Question

read the paragraph. then, choose the best answer.
1 my family and i all have different hair and clothing style preferences. 2 for example, usually my brother, trey, is wearing bright pastels, and stephanie, my sister, had liked black, mostly. 3 she likes her hair short, and my brother had been wearing a pony tail. 4 if i knew a good hair stylist for my thick curly hair, i will probably wear my hair long. 5 mother said, \if you would not have spent so much money on designer clothes, you could have got a new haircut, too. 6 i replied, \and if i was working, i could make my own money.\ 7 i just cant help it; i like the latest styles.
make any corrections, if needed, for sentence 6.
change was to were.
change was to would be.
change could make to will have made.
change was to had been and could to might.

Explanation:

Sentence 6 is a conditional sentence (subjunctive mood) expressing a hypothetical situation ("if I was working" - but in subjunctive for unreal present conditions, we use "were" for "I" in this structure). The correct correction is to change "was" to "were" as it follows the subjunctive mood rules for unreal present conditionals. The other options don't fit: changing to "would be" is incorrect for the if - clause structure here, changing "could make" to "will have made" misaligns with the hypothetical tone, and changing to "had been" and "might" is inappropriate for a present - tense hypothetical.

Answer:

A. Change was to were.