Personal/impersonal passive

Which sentence is correct?

• It said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

• Beauty said to be in the eye of the beholder.

• It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Tick the correct sentence using the impersonal passive.

• People think that bats are scary

• It thought that bats are scary

• It is thought that bats are scary.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Active: "People believe that bats bring luck"

Impersonal Passive: _____________________

• It was said that bats bring luck.

• It is said that bats bring luck.

• Bats believed to bring luck.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Common verbs used with the impersonal passive include: assume, believe, claim, consider, estimate, know, recommend, report, say, think and understand.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

The impersonal passive is more formal / informal.

• informal

• formal

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

We use the impersonal passive with active verbs / reporting and opinion verbs.

• active verbs

• reporting and opinion verbs

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

"They say the company is choosing a new manager".

• The company is said to choose a new manager.

• It is said that the new manager is chosen.

• The company is said to be choosing a new manager.

• The company is being said to choose a new manager.

"They said the president had made the decision" (choose 2)

• It was said that the decision had been made by the president"

• The decision was said to be make.

• The president is said to make the decision.

• The president was said to have made the decision"

"People think this shop never closes". (choose 2)

• This shop is thought to never been closed.

• It is thought that this shop never closes

• This shop is thought to be always open.

• It is thought people never closes this shop.

"They consider the president has been deceived".

• The president is considered to be deceived.

• It is consider that the president has been deceived.

• It is considered that the president deceived us.

• The president is considered to have been deceived.