Women were strong competitors.
Some people thought that it was "disgusting and degrading" for women cyclists to compete.
Women worked to break each other's records in cycling.
The answer is B.All the houses in my neighborhood were built after 1980, so the houses on the next street over will have been built after 1980
Answer:
b. The flower bloomed earlier than expected.
Explanation:
The other three have 'was' before the verbs; 'the athlete <em>was</em> penalized', 'the child <em>was</em> fed', 'he <em>was</em> convinced', etc. This puts these three sentences in the passive voice. While, 'the flower <em>bloomed</em> earlier than expected' shows the flower acting the verb, rather than the verb acting on it, thus making putting it in the active voice.
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Abstract nouns are essentially nouns that can be interpreted differently by different individuals, such as beauty or maturity. Going by this definition, the abstract noun in the given sentence should be "loyalty".
