Question

so, the pressure was on him. 4. if john was going to win a state championship for himself, it would have to be this year. he skipped senior homecoming, the senior prom, the senior sunrise, and the class breakfast, but none of that mattered if he didnt win the state championship. a. no change b. it was going to be this year. c. this year it would have to be. d. he would need to win the state championship this year. he huffed when he saw the team he had to play in a 3 - game series for the win. 5. it was a team hed played a few times before, and it was the only team his team continually lost to multiple times. this year was going to be different. a. no change b. constantly lost to multiple times. c. often lost to multiple times. d. lost to multiple times.

Explanation:

For question 4: The original sentence has a clear, logical flow that correctly conveys the conditional meaning that John's only chance to win the state championship was that year. Option C disrupts the natural word order, option B changes the conditional tense incorrectly, and option D is redundant as it restates information already given. The original phrasing is the most effective.
For question 5: The underlined phrase contains redundancy: "continually" and "multiple times" convey the same repeated meaning. Options B, C, and D all retain the redundant "multiple times" with different adverbs, while removing the adverb and keeping only "lost to multiple times" (Option D) is not correct either. The correct fix is to remove the redundant phrase, but since Option A is marked, this is incorrect. The correct answer is D, removing the redundant adverb to eliminate the repetition.

Answer:

1. A. NO CHANGE
2. D. lost to multiple times.