C1 Advanced passive reporting verbs Unit 11 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Young artists often copy famous paintings for practice. = Famous paintings ___________ young artists for practice ARE

are often copied by

The manager of the gallery believed he was showing a genuine masterpeice. = The manager of the gallery believed that _________ was a genuine masterpiece. SHOWN

what was being shown

People think the artist made a fortune through his abstract work. = The artist ______ a fortune through his abstract work. THOUGHT

is thought to have made

The high valuation really took the art collector by surprise. = The art collector _____ the high valuation. ABACK

was taken aback by

If people think a painting was done by a famous artist, it will be worth a lot. = If a painting _____ by a famous artist, it will be worth a lot. HAVE

is thought to have been done/painted

She wants people to take her seriously as an artist. She __________ as an artist. BE

wants to be taken seriously

They have reduced the price of the entrance tickets for familes. = The ___________________ for families.

price of the entrance tickets has been reduced

He´ll have finished the sales catalogue by the end of the day. = The ____________________ by the end of the day.

new sales catalogue will be finished / will have been finished

The museum will display the new exhibits in a specially designed area. = The new exhibits _________________in a specially designed area.

will be displayed

I´m not keen on people I don´t know selling things to me. = I´m not keen on ________________________.

being sold things by people I don´t know / things being sold to me by people I don´t know

Experts have to authenticate works of art before they go on sale. = Works of art ______________________ before they go on sale.

have to be authenticated

They thought the antique chair was worth thousands of pounds but it wasn´t. = The antique _________________________ thousands of pounds but it wasn´t.

chair was thought to be worth