C1 CAE passives + reported speech | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Correct the mistake (reporting verb pattern): He suggested us to leave early.

He suggested leaving early. / He suggested that we leave early.

Correct the mistake (reported speech): She said me that she would help.

She told me that she would help.

Correct the mistake (reported question): He asked me where did I get the figures from.

He asked me where I had got the figures from.

Report this (reported question; yes/no): “Have you double-checked the sources?” he asked.

He asked whether I had double-checked the sources.

Report this (reported question; embedded): “What exactly do you mean by ‘plagiarism’?” she asked.

She asked what exactly I meant by “plagiarism”.

Report this (suggest + -ing): “Let’s postpone the meeting until Monday,” he said.

He suggested postponing the meeting until Monday.

Report this (promise + to-inf): “I’ll email you as soon as I can,” she said.

She promised to email me as soon as she could.

Report this (advise + to-inf): “Back up your files before you update,” he said to her.

He advised her to back up her files before she updated.

Report this (warn + object): “Don’t open that link — it’s a scam,” she said to him.

She warned him not to open the link because it was a scam.

Report this (insist + that-clause): “You must submit it today,” the examiner said.

The examiner insisted that it be submitted that day.

Report this (admit + -ing): “I used an online translator for one paragraph,” she said.

She admitted using an online translator for one paragraph.

Report this (deny + -ing): “I didn’t share the document with anyone,” he said.

He denied sharing the document with anyone.

Report this (formal complaint): “You never told us the deadline had changed,” the students said to the tutor.

The students complained that the tutor had never told them the deadline had changed.

Report this with distance/hedging: “We cannot guarantee the results,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said that they could not guarantee the results.

Report this conversation (less obvious): “I’m not accusing anyone,” the lecturer said, “but the data doesn’t add up.”

The lecturer said that he wasn’t accusing anyone, but that the data didn’t add up.

Correct the mistake: The students are expected submitting their essays by Friday.

The students are expected to submit their essays by Friday.

Correct the mistake: The suspect is said to resigned yesterday.

The suspect is said to have resigned yesterday.

Correct the mistake: The statement should not have released so early.

The statement should not have been released so early.

Correct the mistake: The files must been deleted by accident.

The files must have been deleted by accident.

Correct the mistake: The experiment was occurred due to contamination.

The experiment was abandoned due to contamination.

Correct the mistake: A new policy was happened after the complaints.

A new policy was introduced after the complaints.

Correct the mistake: The report was published from the committee last week.

The report was published by the committee last week.

Correct the mistake: The figures were collected by a ten-year period.

The figures were collected over a ten-year period.

Rewrite in the passive : Thousands of applications ____ each year.

are processed

Rewrite in the passive: The final draft ____ yesterday afternoon.

was submitted

Rewrite in the passive : So far, no alternative solution ____ by the task force.

has been proposed

Rewrite in the passive : By next week, the updated guidelines ____ to all staff.

will have been sent

Rewrite in the passive: At the moment, the situation ____ closely by independent observers.

is being monitored

Rewrite in the passive ): By the time the meeting started, someone ____ the agenda.

The agenda had been circulated.

Rewrite in the passive (two-object; formal): They have given us no explanation for the delay.

We have been given no explanation for the delay.

Rewrite in the passive (two-object; policy language): They offered the applicants a revised timetable.

The applicants were offered a revised timetable.

Rewrite in the passive (modal perfect passive; counterfactual): They could have avoided the confusion with a short email.

The confusion could have been avoided with a short email.

Rewrite in the passive (modal perfect passive; possibility): Someone may have misread the instructions.

The instructions may have been misread.

Rewrite in the passive (modal perfect passive; criticism): They should have checked the references more carefully.

The references should have been checked more carefully.

Rewrite in the passive (modal perfect passive; inference): Someone must have leaked the draft online.

The draft must have been leaked online.

Rewrite in the passive (evidence-based hedge): Observers think the figures were manipulated.

The figures are thought to have been manipulated.

Rewrite in the passive (hedging with reporting verb): People believe the policy harms small businesses.

The policy is believed to harm small businesses.

Rewrite in the passive (negative results focus): The reviewers did not identify any significant flaws.

No significant flaws were identified.

Rewrite in the passive (academic tone): Researchers will publish the full findings later this year.

The full findings will be published later this year.

Rewrite in the passive (formal report style): The police arrested three suspects shortly after midnight.

Three suspects were arrested shortly after midnight.

Rewrite in the passive (avoid naming agent): The committee rejected the proposal without giving reasons.

The proposal was rejected without reasons being given.

Rewrite in the passive (focus on process): The research team collected the data over a ten-year period.

The data was collected over a ten-year period.

Rewrite in the passive (hedging/impersonal): Experts have linked the rise in anxiety to social media use.

The rise in anxiety has been linked to social media use.