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    This document discusses impersonal passive constructions in English. It provides examples of active and passive voice constructions using common tenses such as present, past, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous. The passive constructions all follow the pattern of "they are said to + infinitive verb" regardless of the tense. Examples are given for each tense to illustrate this impersonal passive structure.

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    This document discusses impersonal passive constructions in English. It provides examples of active and passive voice constructions using common tenses such as present, past, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous. The passive constructions all follow the pattern of "they are said to + infinitive verb" regardless of the tense. Examples are given for each tense to illustrate this impersonal passive structure.

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    IMPERSONAL PASSIVES : They are said TO + INFINITIVE

    ACTIVE

    PASSIVE

    PRESENT , FUTURE: ..that they live in Haro / ..that they will live in Haro -----Haro
    PAST SIMPLE: ..that they lived in Haro --------------------------------------------------LIVED in Haro
    PRESENT PERFECT: that they have lived in Haro
    PAST PERFECT:that they had lived in Haro
    PRESENT CONTINUOUS: ..that they are living in Haro
    they
    Haro
    PAST CONTINUOUS: ..that they were living in Haro
    they
    LIVING in Haro
    PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: .that they had been living in Haro
    they
    LIVING in Haro
    PRESENT PASSIVE: that they are taught English
    they
    English
    PAST PASSIVE: that they were taught English
    they
    TAUGHT English

    they are said TO LIVE in


    they are said TO HAVE

    are said TO BE LIVING in


    are said TO HAVE BEEN
    are said TO HAVE BEEN
    are said TO BE TAUGHT
    are said TO HAVE BEEN

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