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Passive reporting verbs

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    passive reporting verbs
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  • The new CEO is expected / will be to make big changes.
    is expected
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  • Flying was been shown / shown to be safer than driving many years ago.
    shown
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  • He thinks / is thought to have arrived already.
    is thought
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  • There are / We are believed to be ten people in the group.
    There are
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  • The two men were alleged to have / be stolen more than a million dollars.
    were alleged to have
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  • The city council is known to planned / to be planning major alterations to the town centre.
    to be
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  • known / it / is / that / climb / for / the feeling / of / danger / some people
    It is known that some people climb for the feeling of danger.
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  • has / reported / it / bad weather / that / cancelled / caused / the climb / been / to be
    It has been reported that bad weather caused the climb to be cancelled.
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  • revealed / several days / was / the / two climbers / had / that / been / it /missing / for
    It was revealed that the two climbers had been missing for several days.
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  • believed / at first / it / that / climbing / would / become / wasn’t / so popular
    It wasn’t believed at first that climbing would become so popular.
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  • places / generally / in the past / it / were / mountains / felt / had / been / that / dangerous
    In the past it had been generally felt that mountains were dangerous places
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  • feelings / commonly / that / it’s / and / similar / excitement / are / known / fear
    It’s commonly known that fear and excitement are similar feelings.
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