USE OF ENGLISH: PASSIVE VOICE
Examples:
They say she works hard.
She is said to work hard.
They say she played well.
She is said to have played well.
They say she has done well.
She is said to have done well.
They believe he is having an affair.
He is believed to be having an affair.
They believe he has been having an affair.
He is believed to have been having an affair.
She believes the repairs have been finished.
The repairs are believed to have been finished.
The believe she had done well.
She is believed to have done well.
Exercise 1:
They are reported to be leaving Las Vegas tomorrow night.
It is reported that they are leaving Las Vegas tomorrow night.
It was thought that Columbus never realized that he had discovered
America.
Columbus was thought to never have realized that he had discovered
America.
It was thought that the teenagers were dancing at the disco by their
parents.
The teenagers were thought to have been dancing at the disco by their
parents.
REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES SO THAT THEY MEAN THE
SAME AS THE SENTENCE BEFORE USE THE WORD IN BRACKETS
WHEN GIVEN.
1. Educational institutions should do something about it.
Something should be done about it by educational institutions.
2. Someone rewrote this article for him
He got this article rewritten. (GOT)
3. They believe the government is responsible for the outcome
The government is believed to be responsible for the outcome.
(BELIEVED).
4. They considered any further attempts pointless.
