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1. Too busy for her own good, Sarah _______ about drinking enough water.

was negligent
was neglecting
neglected
to neglect
was to neglect

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The phrase that will complete the sentence given is 'was negligent' because negligent means failing to take proper care of something and since the subject is too busy for her own good, she forgot to take care of herself.
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The correct answer is was negligent.


The expression is to be negligent about something, and it means that you forget to do something, or you don't really care about that so you don't do it. Sarah should drink more water, however, she doesn't do it which will ultimately affect her health. The other options are grammatically incorrect because the word about has to be preceded by an adjective in this case, which here is negligent.

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