Reported Passive

Children ........................... to be the best language learners.

• are thinking

• are thought

• think

• thought

People ..................... that Chinese is a difficult language.

• are thought

• are thinking

• think

• has thought

People think that neither side wanted war. To report the sentence we say ........................................

• Neither side is thought to want war.

• Neither side is thinking to have wanted war.

• Neither side thought to have wanted war.

• Neither side is thought to have wanted war.

People believe that money brings happiness.

To report the sentence we say ........................

2 OPTIONS ARE CORRECT!

• It believed that money brings happiness.

• It is believed that money brings happiness.

• Money is believed to bring happiness.

• It is believing that money brings happiness.

Egypt ............................. to be the land of civilizations.

• knows

• is known

• is knowing

• has known

.......................... the government has prepared a plan for the economic crisis.

• It is known that

• People are known that

• It knows that

• People are knowing

People think that the Chinese invented gunpowder.

The reporting passive for the sentence is ......................

• The Chinese are thought to invent gunpowder.

• The Chinese are thought to be inventing gunpowder.

• The Chinese are thought to have invented gunpowder.

• The Chinese is thought to invent gunpowder.

2 OPTIONS ARE CORRECT!

People know that the ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids.

• It is known that the ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids.

• People are known that the ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids.

• The ancient Egyptians are known to have built the Pyramids.

• The ancient Egyptians are known to build the Pyramids.

People believe that the 25th of January has been the Egyptian revolution.

• The 25th of January is believed to have been the Egyptian revolution.

• The 25th of January is believed to be the Egyptian revolution.

Experts think that many European languages originated in India.

• Many European languages are thought to have originated in India.

• Many European languages are thought to originate in India.

• It is thought that many European languages originated in India.

• Experts are thought that many European languages originated in India.