Question

Replace the underlined noun with the appropriate verb in the below sentence:
The doctor has to pay attention to the elderly patient first.
(a)The doctor has to attention the elderly patients first.
(b)The doctor has to attend to the elderly patients first.
(c)The doctor has to be attentive to the elderly patients first.
(d)The doctor has to attent to the elderly patients first.

Answer 1

Hint: There are specific grammar rules to be followed for this question. When the correct suffix is removed, the noun can be made into a verb easily. Try to make different verbs from the given word.

Complete answer: Converting a noun into a verb is done very often in the English language. A noun is a simple naming word that refers to a wide range of objects. Whereas, a verb describes the action that the noun usually performs. This task of converting them is difficult as the nouns and verbs in English tend to be very irregular. So, you may need to memorise the nouns and verbs.

The word in the sentence that is underlined is ‘attention’. The word ‘attention’ refers to ‘. The verb form of this can be derived from the noun by removing the suffix ‘-tion’ and adding the suffix ‘-d’. The verb form is ‘ to attend’.
(a)The doctor has to attention the elderly patients first. - The word used in this sentence is the same as given in the question. This is not the verb form of the given word. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
(b)The doctor has to attend to the elderly patients first. - The word used in this sentence is the correct verb form of the given word. It is placed correctly in the sentence. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct option.
(c)The doctor has to be attentive to the elderly patients first. - The word used in this sentence is an adjective. This is not the verb form of the given word. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
(d)The doctor has to attent to the elderly patients first. - The word used in this sentence is not grammatically correct. This is not the verb form of the given word. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.

Note: Make sure that the word is grammatically correct, and is spelt correctly. Go through the options one by one to find the correct option, with the appropriate suffix removed.