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Add im- or in- to each of the following words and use them in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.
| patient, proper, possible, sensitive, competent |
He lacks competence. That’s why he can’t keep any job for more than a year.
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Solution
He is incompetent. That’s why he can’t keep any job for more than a year.
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