Question

The passive voice, konstrukcja bierna - It is... that; w załączniku.

Answer 1

1. a) He is said to be writing a biography now.

b) She is believed to have been the most beautiful girl in the town.

c) Mary is expected to be marrying John next week.

d) It is said a dragon lived in the Wawel Hill cave.

e) It is expected they'll be visiting our city next month.

f) Columbus is well known for having discovered America.

 

2. b) It is said this film is of a 'bigfoot'.

This film is said to be of a 'bigfoot'.

c) It was claimed that a lost city of Atlantis has existed.

A lost city of Atlantis was claimed to have existed.

d) It is thought that the Pyramids were built by aliens.

The Pyramids are thought to have been built by aliens.

e) It is claimed that Robin Hood was really an ordinary thief.

Robin Hood is claimed to have been an ordinary thief.

f) It is believed there is a lost treasure hidden in the castle of Rennes-le-Chateau.

A lost treasure is believed to be hidden in the castle of Rennes-le-Chateau.

g) It is known that some stones in Stonehenge came from Wales.

Some stones in Stonehenge are known to have come from Wales.

 

3. a) The whale is known to be the heaviest animal in the world.

b) In the past the Earth was believed to have been flat.

c) The Beatles are believed to have split because of financial conflicts.

d) The contagious bug is supposed to have been brought to Poland by seamen.

e) The hurricane was reported to have been approaching Barbados.

f) In the fifteenth century Columbus was thought to had found a passage to India.

g) Watching television is supposed to be delaying the development of speech.

h) Some politicians are thought to have been elected MPs by mistake.