Reporting verbs and the passive | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Once false information __________(believe be) true, it sticks in people's minds.

is believed to be

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Sherlock Holmes__________(once say be) the greatest detective novel ever created in his time.

was once said to have been

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The film "The Hobbit" __________(be know take) three years to complete.

is known to have taken

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The actor Hugh Jackman _________(be know play) the role of Wolverine in eight different films.

is known to have played

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Back in the 1930's, the radio play of 'War of the Worlds' __________(be claim cause) thousands of people to leave their homes in fear.

was claimed to have caused

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Nowadays, 'Spiderman' _______(be argue be) the most overtold story in the history of film.

is argued to be

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Time travel ________(be now consider be) impossible.

is now considered to be

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Even today, Daphne Du Maurier's 'Rebecca' _________(be think be) one of the greatest crime novels of all time.

is thought to be

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The artist Van Gogh _________(be once say cut off) his ear when he fell out of love.

was once said to have cut off

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It _________(be once falsely claim) that Obama didn't have a US birth certificate.

was once falsely claimed

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