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  • Jill's parents are making her study hard. = Jill ________________ her parents.
    is being made to study hard by
  • Someone is painting our house at the moment. = We _____________________.
    are having our house painted
  • They don't know what happened to the ship. = It _______________ what happened to the ship.
    is not known
  • The car hasn't been serviced for a long time. = We _____________________ for a long time.
    haven't had the car serviced
  • The police thought that the thief was still in the house. = The thief _____________ in the house.
    was thought to still be
  • Luckily by the time we got there the painting (not/sell) ____________.
    had not been sold
  • If we don't hurry, all the tickets (sell) _____________ by the time we get there.
    will have been sold / will be sold
  • They believe that Smith left England last week.= Smith ___________________ England last week.
    is believed to have left
  • People asked me the way three times. = I _____________ the way three times.
    was asked
  • I was promised that the parcel (deliver) ______________ by 10.00, but it still hasn't arrived.
    would be delivered
  • There's a lot of noise outside because the road (repair) ______________.
    is being repaired
  • A burglar broke into our house last week. = Our ______________ last week.
    house was broken into
  • Apparently the ship did not sustain any damage. = The ship appears __________________.
    not to have been damaged / not have sustained any damage
  • Most of the committee thought it was not a viable solution. = It was thought ______________ by most of the committee.
    not to be a viable solution
  • It is thought that the two injured men were repairing overhead cables. = The two injured men _____________ overhead cables.
    are thought to have been repairing
  • Everyone knows that the portrait was painted by an Italian. = The portrait ___________________ an Italian.
    is known to have been painted by
  • People thought Sue had paid too much. = Sue _______________ too much.
    was thought to have paid