Impersonal passive voice

Active: "People believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck."

Impersonal passive: _____

• Finding a horseshoe has been believed to bring good luck.

• Finding a horseshoe is believed to bring good luck.

• Finding a horseshoe is believed to be bringing good luck.

Active: "People say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Impersonal passive: _____

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

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

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

Name at least 5 reporting verbs that you can use with the impersonal passive. Use the base form.

Active: "They claim the criminal is living abroad."

Impersonal passive: "________ that the criminal is living abroad."

Active: "People believe the company stole over a million pounds"

Impersonal passive: "The company _________ over a million pounds."

Active: "People believe the ghost has lived in the house for 200 years."

Impersonal passive: "The ghost ________ in the house for 200 years."

Active: "They said the president had made the decision."

Impersonal passive: "The president ______ the decision."

Active: "They expect she will pass her final exam."

Impersonal passive: "She ______ her final exam."

Active: "They had hoped the rescuers would come."

Impersonal passive:

(1) "The rescuers _____ to come."

(2) "It _____ (that) the rescuers would come."

Active: "They reported some valuable jewellery had been stolen."

Impersonal passive: "Some valuable jewellery ______."