Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one. Some sentences have two correct answers. Choose both.
1After the audit, the finance director ............... to have approved the payments personally, despite denying it in interviews.
Wrong!
Use the passive reporting pattern be alleged to have plus a past participle for an earlier action.
2In the press release, ............... that the company will relocate its headquarters next year.
Wrong!
With this structure, it is plus a past participle introduces a that clause.
3The missing painting ............... to have been found in a private collection in Zurich.
Wrong!
For news reports, use is reported to have been found to show a completed event.
4Several witnesses ............... to have seen the suspect near the station, but none could identify him clearly.
Wrong!
Use are believed to have seen to report what people think happened.
5The minister ............... to resign, although no official statement has been issued.
Wrong!
Use is expected to plus infinitive to describe a likely future action.
6The CEO ............... to be considering a merger, according to sources close to the board.
Wrong!
Use is said to be plus -ing to report an ongoing action.
7The new policy ............... to have reduced waiting times, at least in the larger hospitals.
Wrong!
Use is thought to have plus past participle to report an assumed result.
8The suspect ............... to be armed, so officers approached with extreme caution.
Wrong!
Use is believed to be to report an assumption about a present state.
9The committee chair ............... to have leaked the draft report, but the evidence is circumstantial.
Wrong!
Use is suspected to have plus past participle to report suspicion about a past action.
10The actor ............... to be dating a co-star, though both insist they are just friends.
Wrong!
Use is rumoured to be to report gossip about an ongoing situation. Only one option should be correct here.
11The pilot ............... to have made a last-minute course correction before the storm hit.
Wrong!
Use is understood to have plus past participle to report information believed to be true.
12The senator ............... to have accepted gifts from lobbyists, but she denies any wrongdoing.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both is alleged to have and is claimed to have can report an accusation about a past action.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- After the audit, the finance director was alleged to have approved the payments personally, despite denying it in interviews.
- In the press release, it is said that the company will relocate its headquarters next year.
- The missing painting is reported to have been found in a private collection in Zurich.
- Several witnesses are believed to have seen the suspect near the station, but none could identify him clearly.
- The minister is expected to resign, although no official statement has been issued.
- The CEO is said to be considering a merger, according to sources close to the board.
- The new policy is thought to have reduced waiting times, at least in the larger hospitals.
- The suspect is believed to be armed, so officers approached with extreme caution.
- The committee chair is suspected to have leaked the draft report, but the evidence is circumstantial.
- The actor is rumoured to be dating a co-star, though both insist they are just friends.
- The pilot is understood to have made a last-minute course correction before the storm hit.
- The senator is claimed to have accepted gifts from lobbyists, but she denies any wrongdoing.
The senator is alleged to have accepted gifts from lobbyists, but she denies any wrongdoing.
