PASSIVE SENTENCES

1. They think the Nigerian president will choose a new cabinet soon.

2. They think that the Irish crisis will spread from Ireland across the E.U.

3. They report that the toxic red sludge[1] in Hungary has reached the River Danube.

4. They expect the Irish Republic will accept a “very substantial loan” as part of an EU-backed bail-out[2].

5. They say that Prince William got engaged to Kate Middleton in Kenya in October.

6. They report that Hong-Kong has just diagnosed the first bird flu case in seven years.

7. They report that the Italian police have arrested a fugitive mafia boss who had been on the run for 14 years.

8. They expect Prince William will get married at Westminster Abbey.