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Ch 3

Complex Passives

Advanced passive structures · get passive · double object · reporting passives

Correct the errors or transform the sentences as instructed. Check your answer with the model.
Exercises
1
Rewrite: "People say that the economy is recovering."
Two structures: (1) It + passive + that clause. (2) Subject + passive + to-infinitive.
2
Rewrite: "Someone repaired my roof last week."
Causative "have + object + past participle" = I arranged for someone to do it.
3
Rewrite: "They gave her a scholarship."
Double-object passive: the indirect object (her) becomes the subject.
4
Rewrite (past reference): "People believe he escaped last night."
"Is believed to have + past participle" shows the action happened before the current belief.
5
Add a modal passive: "Someone should complete the project today."
Modal + be + past participle. The agent is removed — focus is on the action.
6
Rewrite: "Scientists are testing the vaccine at the moment."
Present passive continuous: is/are + being + past participle.
Exercise 2 — Production
Write original sentences using the target structure. Feedback appears automatically as you type.
1
Rewrite using a passive reporting structure: "People believe the law will change next year."