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Exercises of special passive sentneces
1. Rewrite the following sentences as long as the new sentences have the same meaning to the given.
1. People say that she is rich
=> She .........................................................................................................................................
=> It .............................................................................................................................................
2. They believe that he stole the bike
=> He ...........................................................................................................................................
=> It .............................................................................................................................................
3. People told that she had gone away.
=> It .............................................................................................................................................
=> She .........................................................................................................................................
4. The man was thought to own a 5-star hotel.
=> It .............................................................................................................................................
=> They .......................................................................................................................................
5. They are expected to have been competent psychologists.
=> It .............................................................................................................................................
=> People ....................................................................................................................................
6. People think she would become the Miss World.
=> It .............................................................................................................................................
=> She .........................................................................................................................................
7. Lexus has been thought to be a luxurious brand.
=> It .............................................................................................................................................
=> People ....................................................................................................................................
8. People know that the Earth rotates around the Sun.
=> It .............................................................................................................................................
=> The Earth ..............................................................................................................................
=> The Sun .................................................................................................................................
9. The 3 man was believed to be arrested because of a bank robbery.
=> People ....................................................................................................................................
It ...................................................................................................................................................
2. 9. People believed the 3 man was arrested because of a bank robbery. / It was believed
that the 3 man was because of a bank robbery.
8. It is known that the Earth rotates around the Sun. / The Earth is known to rotate around
the Sun. / The Sun is known to be rotated around by the Earth.
7. It has been thought that Lexus is a luxurious brand. / People have been thought that
Lexus is a luxurious brand.
6. It is thought that she would become the Miss World. / She is thought to would have
become the Miss World.
5. It is expected that they were competent psychologists. / It is expected that they have
been competent psychologists.
People expect (that) they were competent psychologists. People expect (that) they have
been competent psychologists.
4. It was thought that the man owned a 5- star hotel. / They thought the man owned a 5-
star hotel.
3. It was told that she had gone away. / She was told to have gone away.
2. He is believed to have stolen the bike/ It is believed that he stole the bike.
1. She is said that to be rich / It is said that she is rich.