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Personal vs. Impersonal Passive Exercises

This document provides a gap-fill exercise where students must complete sentences using either personal or impersonal passive constructions. The sentences are about various subjects like an orchestra being the best in the world, thieves leaving a country, a fire starting by accident, a person making money, people arriving in time for dinner, a woman's knowledge of gardening, a man attending a meeting, a company's profits, and a government reaching a decision. Students must fill in the blanks with the appropriate passive construction.

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Personal vs. Impersonal Passive Exercises

This document provides a gap-fill exercise where students must complete sentences using either personal or impersonal passive constructions. The sentences are about various subjects like an orchestra being the best in the world, thieves leaving a country, a fire starting by accident, a person making money, people arriving in time for dinner, a woman's knowledge of gardening, a man attending a meeting, a company's profits, and a government reaching a decision. Students must fill in the blanks with the appropriate passive construction.

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Personal and Impersonal Constructions

Gap-fill exercise
Finish the sentences using personal and impersonal passive constructions.

1. It is said that this orchestra is the best in the world

This orchestra...

2. It is believed that the thieves have left the country.

The thieves...

3. It is reported that the fire started by accident.

The fire...

4. It is known that he is making a lot of money.

He...

5. It is expected that they will arrive in time for dinner

They...

6. It is said that she knows a lot about gardening.

She is...

7. It is thought that he will be attending the meeting.

He...

8. It is believed that we are able to win the competition.

We...

9. It is thought that the company is making a big profit.

The company...

10. It is reported that the government has reached a decision

The government...

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