PERFECT INFINITIVES

PERFECT INFINITIVES

"We seem to have lost connection"

COMPARE

"I'm sorry we seem to have lost connection with our wi-fi"

"I'm sorry we lost connection with our wi-fi"

Multiple Choice

Are they different in meaning?

• Yes

• No

I lost connection

It was my fault

We seem to have lost

It's not my fault

PERFECT INFINITIVES

• Something happened in the past

• I didn't do it

• Passive voice

• "Someone stole a bike"

• "A bike was stolen"

Multiple Choice

Choose the active voice sentence:

• The bank was robbed

• Someone stole the bank

Multiple Choice

Choose the passive voice sentence:

• We were told to wait

• Someone told us to wait

SEEM AND APPEAR

• We seem to have lost the flight

• Michael appears to have lost his memory

STRUCTURE

SUBJECT+ SEEM/APPEAR+ TO HAVE + VERB IN PP

"We seem to have been scammed"

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• We appear to have lost our belongings

• We appear to lost our belongings

KNOW / THINK/ SAY / REPORT/ BELIEVE

• We use the verb TO BE

• "Leonardo da Vinci is thought to have painted this picture"

• "The plane is reported to have crashed 10 miles from here"

Fill in the Blanks

Write the missing part of the sentence: " The poem is believed ... been written in 1650"

Fill in the Blanks

Write the missing part of the sentence: "The criminal... thought to have left the Washington area"