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Impersonal Passive Exercises

The document provides examples of impersonal passive sentences and their active counterparts. It lists 8 examples, each with the active sentence followed by two possible impersonal passive rephrasings. The examples demonstrate how to change sentences from active to impersonal passive voice by either making the subject indefinite or keeping the agent as the subject and using "it" as the subject for the main clause.

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Impersonal Passive Exercises

The document provides examples of impersonal passive sentences and their active counterparts. It lists 8 examples, each with the active sentence followed by two possible impersonal passive rephrasings. The examples demonstrate how to change sentences from active to impersonal passive voice by either making the subject indefinite or keeping the agent as the subject and using "it" as the subject for the main clause.

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IMPERSONAL PASSIVE - EXERCISES

Write the two possible impersonal passives. 1. People believe that English is the most widely spoken language. English is believed to be the most widely spoken language. It is believed that English is the most widely spoken language. 2. Police have reported that it was Peter who caused the accident. Peter has been reported to have caused the accident. It has been reported that it was Peter who caused the accident. 3. A journalist reports that they are leaving Las Vegas tomorrow morning. 4. Their parents thought that the teenagers were dancing at the disco. 5. Everybody thinks that she sings beautifully. 6. The children reported that their friends were swimming when they disappeared. 7. They believed that the horse was a present. 8. They knew that Mr Brown was stealing iron from the factory.

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