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 the best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose any one of the others.
You are very impatient with her; you should be a bit considerate.
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very impatient with her
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very impatient of her
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too impatient to her
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too impatient with her
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very impatient to her
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Correct answer
Explanation
Explanation for (1): The sentence bears the error of incorrect adverb. 'Very' does not show the negativity required. So, 'impatient' should be modified by a negative 'too' in place of 'very'.
Explanation for (2): This option does not rectify the error of modifier (very) and introduces another error of preposition. Use of preposition 'of' is incorrect in this sentence.
Explanation for (3): This option rectifies the error of modifier but introduces another error of preposition. Use of preposition 'to' is incorrect in this sentence.
Explanation for (4): 'Very', does not show the negativity required. So, 'impatient' should be modified by a negative 'too' in place of 'very'. And this option rectifies this error.
Explanation for (5): This option does not rectify the error of modifier (very) and introduces another error of preposition. Use of preposition 'to' is incorrect in this sentence.