Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Rather than seeking to reprimand their child for a lie, parents are better off focusing on what they can do to prevent its happening again.

Rather than seeking to reprimand their child for a lie, parents are better off focusing on what they can do to prevent its happening again.

Rather than seeking to reprimand their child for a lie, parents are advised to focus on what they can do to prevent their happening again.

Rather than seeking to reprimand their child on a lie, parents should focus on what they can do to prevent its happening again.

Rather than seeking to reprimand one's child over a lie, a parent had better focus on what he/she can do to prevent its happening again.