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The impersonal passive is used with reporting verbs such as allege, believe, claim, consider, estimate, expect, know, report, say, think, understand, etc. It reports what an unspecified group of people say or believe.
impersonal passive: It is known that Susan has stolen the car. personal passive: Susan is known to have stolen the car. Verbs which can be used in the personal passive: believe, expect, find, know, report, say, think, understand.
IMPERSONAL PASSIVE. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. IMPERSONAL PASSIVE. People know that she is a good swimmer. They say that Francis is in hospital. They think that the children are in bed. People believe that the robber has worked in the bank. People believe that nuclear power stations are dangerous.
An introduction to the impersonal passive structure ‘it is said that…’ , to infinitive passive form ‘ it is claimed to be…’. and how to nominalise verbs to nouns to show formality in writing.
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6 kwi 2020 · Language: English (en) ID: 85304. 06/04/2020. Country code: PL. Country: Poland. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Passive voice (2013178) From worksheet author: Personal and impersonal Passive voice.
Impersonal Passives. This worksheet will help to master impersonal passives as it has many sentences to practice and a short explanation with examples to follow. I hop... 5573 uses.
