your answer it carefully
but really if the answer you are looking for is the value of x you have to take out x and do 23 - 20?
i dont know but i wanted to tell you what i thought
i struggled on this too
A.
the football team scored.
B.
the football team scores.
C.
the football team will have scored.
D.
the football team will score.
The best completion for the sentence 'The fans cheered because' is 'the football team scored'. This maintains the past tense throughout the sentence, ensuring there is no inappropriate shift in tense.
The sentence 'The fans cheered because' is in the past tense, hence the word group that best completes the sentence without introducing an inappropriate shift in tense would be A. the football team scored. This is because 'scored' is the past tense verb that aligns with the rest of the sentence. Options B, C, and D employ present and future tense verbs, so they would create an inappropriate tense shift in the sentence.
The word group A 'the football team scored.' best completes the sentence without introducing an inappropriate shift in tense.
When stating a fact, it is common to use the past tense. In this case, the fans cheered because the football team scored, which is a past event.
Using options B, C, or D would introduce a shift in tense that is not appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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