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English Olympiad (IEO) Verbs Voice and Point of View — practice questions

Explore 30 free Verbs Voice and Point of View questions in English Olympiad (IEO) English. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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Words like however and therefore that link ideas between sentences are called:Read the answer and worked solution →A writer adds 'in addition' to warn the reader what is coming next. Such words help writing:Read the answer and worked solution →English verbs are described as having how many voices?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'The cook baked the bread', the subject performs the action. The voice is:Read the answer and worked solution →An essay stuffed with passive constructions ends up lacking vitality and becoming:Read the answer and worked solution →The vantage point from which a story or report is told is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →A writer using the pronouns I and we is writing in the:Read the answer and worked solution →A memoir or literacy narrative most commonly uses which point of view?Read the answer and worked solution →A writer addressing the reader directly as you is using the:Read the answer and worked solution →In most academic writing, the second person pronoun you is considered:Read the answer and worked solution →A student checking for accidental second person should search her draft for the word:Read the answer and worked solution →The point of view that puts the information ahead of the writer is:Read the answer and worked solution →Most indefinite pronouns, such as everyone and nobody, take a verb that is:Read the answer and worked solution →The indefinite pronouns both, few, many, others and several all take a verb that is:Read the answer and worked solution →Words such as audience, band, class, crowd, family and team are called:Read the answer and worked solution →When the members of a group act individually rather than as one, the verb should be:Read the answer and worked solution →The feature of a verb that shows past, present or future time is its:Read the answer and worked solution →Verbs that do not form their past tense by adding a standard ending are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly how many irregular verbs does English have?Read the answer and worked solution →The past tense of the verb to lead is spelled:Read the answer and worked solution →A student needs the past tense of the verb lie. That form is:Read the answer and worked solution →In MLA style, signal phrases generally use the present tense or the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the transitionsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the viewpointsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the verb gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the collective nounsRead the answer and worked solution →Academic or personalRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the grammar ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Verbs bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Words like however and therefore that link ideas between sentences are called:

  1. Transitions
  2. Definitions
  3. Repetitions
  4. Reflections
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Correct answer: A. Transitions

1. Readers need signposts between ideas. 2. Certain words and phrases provide them. 3. Those words are transitions. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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A writer adds 'in addition' to warn the reader what is coming next. Such words help writing:

  1. Shrink
  2. Flow
  3. Stop
  4. Rhyme
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Correct answer: B. Flow

1. Signals prepare the reader for the next point. 2. Sentences then join smoothly. 3. So they help the writing flow. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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English verbs are described as having how many voices?

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
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Correct answer: A. 2

1. Voice describes the link between subject and verb. 2. Only active and passive are named. 3. So there are 2 voices. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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