V6 - Unit 6 - Passive reporting verbs

It is ___ that the new policy will reduce unemployment.

• believed

• believing

• believes

• believe

It is ___ that the team will win the championship this year.

• says

• said

• say

• saying

It is ___ that the investigation will take several months to complete.

• reported

• reporting

• report

• reports

It is ___ that the missing hikers have been found safe.

• understand

• understands

• understanding

• understood

It is ___ that the company will announce a major breakthrough tomorrow.

• hope

• hoping

• hoped

• hopes

The new policy is expected ___ unemployment.

• to reducing

• reduce

• to reduce

• reduced

The team ___ a strong chance of winning.

• is thought to have

• was thought to had

• is thought to having

• thought to have

The book ___ a bestseller.

• was expected of becoming

• is expected to

• is expected to became

• is expected to become

The suspect is believed ___ through the back door yesterday.

• to escaped

• to escape

• to have escaped

• to having escaped

The missing documents are thought ___ burned last month.

• to have been

• to have was

• to have be

• to be