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    Personal and Impersonal Constructions - Passive and Causative

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    The document discusses personal and impersonal passive constructions using verbs like think, believe, say, report, know, expect. It provides examples of active and passive sentences using these verbs in the present, future, and past tenses. An exercise is included where readers must fill in the blanks with personal or impersonal passive constructions based on clues in the sentences.

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    2/5/2018 Personal and Impersonal Constructions - Passive and Causative

    Passive and Causative (/)


    PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL PASSIVE CONTRUCTIONS
    Home (/)

    Use of Passive and


    Causative (/use-of- The verbs think, believe, say, report, know, expect, consider, understand
    passive-and-
    causative.html) etc are used in the following passive patterns in personal and impersonal
    constructions.
    Forming Passive
    (/forming-passive.html)
    Active: People believe that he lied in court.
    Passive In nitives and Passive: 1. It is believed (that) he lied in court. (impersonal)
    Gerunds (/passive-
    in nitives-and- It + passive + that-clause
    gerunds.html)
    2. He is believed to have lied in court. (personal)
    Personal and Impersonal Subject + passive + to-infinitive
    Constructions (/personal-
    and-impersonal-
    constructions.html) Active: They expect him to arrive soon.
    Passive: 3. It is expected (that) he will arrive soon. (impersonal)
    Additional Notes on
    Passive (/additional- It + passive + that-clause
    notes-on-passive.html)
    4. He is expected to arrive soon. (personal)
    Forming Causative Subject + passive + to-infinitive
    (/forming-causative.html)

    Overview of Active,
    Passive and Causative
    Formation (/overview-of- Different tenses in personal passive constructions.
    active-passive-and- Present active:
    causative-
    formation.html) People believe that Mr Brown owns a lot of land in the north.
    Present personal passive construction:
    Mr Brown is believed to own a lot of land in the north.

    Future active:
    people expect that a new law will be introduced next year.
    Future personal passive construction:
    A new law is expected to be introduced next year.

    Past active:
    People believed that Mr Brown owned a lot of land in the north.
    They thought that the prisoners had escaped.
    Present personal passive construction:
    Mr Brown was believed to have owned a lot of land in the north.
    The prisoners were thought to have escaped.

    Exercise 3

    Personal and Impersonal Constructions


    Gap-fill exercise

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    Finish the sentences using personal and impersonal passive constructions. Fill in all the gaps, then
    press "Check" to check your answers.

    1. It is said that this orchestra is the best in the world


    This orchestra .

    2. It is believed that the thieves have left the country.


    The thieves .

    3. The fire is reported to have started by accident.


    It .

    4. He is known to be making a lot of money.


    It .
    5. It is expected that they will arrive in time for dinner

    They .
    6. She is said to know a lot about gardening.

    It .
    7. It is thought that he will be attending the meeting.

    He .
    8. It is believed that we are able to win the competition.
    We .
    9. The company is thought to be making a big profit.

    It .
    10. It is reported that the government has reached a decision
    The government .
    11. It is said that they were responsible for the damage.
    They .

    12. She is expected to break the world record.


    It .
    13. He is known to have several foreign bank accounts.
    It .

    14. They are reported to have financial problems.


    It .

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