DOUBLE PASSIVE VOICE

Exercise 1: Rewrite the sentence using Double Passive Voice.

1. They believe that she stole the money.

→ It is

→ She

2. People know that he won the award.

→ It is

→ He

3. They expect that the team will win the match.

→ It is

→ The team

4. People say that the company will launch a new product.

→ It is

→ The company

5. People believe that she painted the beautiful artwork.

→ It is

→ The beautiful artwork

6. People believe that she wrote the famous novel.

→ It is

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→ She

7. They expect that the committee will make a decision soon.

→ It is

→ The committee

8. People believe that the project manager completed the task successfully.

→ It is

→ The project manager

9. They report that the team has won the championship.

→ The team

→ It is

10. People think that the professor will announce the exam results tomorrow.

→ It is

→ The professor

11. They believe that John wrote the report.

→ It is

→ The report

12. People think that the chef cooked a delicious meal.

→ It is

→ The delicious meal

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 13. They reported that the police arrested the suspect yesterday.

→ The suspect

→ It is

14. People say that the company will launch a new product next week.

→ It is

→ The company

15. They believe that Mary found the lost keys.

→ It is

→ The lost keys

16. People think that the teacher gave the students a challenging assignment.

→ It is

→ The students

17. They say that the construction company built the new bridge.

→ It is

→ The construction company

18. People expect that the government will introduce new policies.

→ It is

→ The government

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 19. People think that the new Foreign Minister is a good leader.

→ It is

→ The new Foreign Minister

20. They report that the suspended murderer is in custody.

→ The suspended

→ It is

21. The public doesn't expect that the new prime minister will win the election.

→ It isn't

→ The new

22. The police say that the principal is at large.

→ It is

→ The principal

23. Police know that the gunman has left the city.

→ It is

→ The gunman

24. People believe that job satisfaction is important, too.

→ It is

→ Job satisfaction

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 25. They told us that Andy drank too much at the wedding ceremony.

→ It was

→ Andy

Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentence with the same meaning

1. Scientists believe that many dinosaurs had feathers.

→ _________________ to have had feathers.

2. Newspapers report that the CEO disappeared with over £2.5 million.

→ _________________ to have disappeared with over £2.5 million.

3. Police think that the kid ran out in front of the motorbike. It wasn't the driver's fault.

→ _________________ that the kid ran out in front of the motorbike. It wasn't the driver's

fault.

4. Scientists hope that the new vaccine can be used to prevent COVID-19.

→ _________________ that the new drug could be used to prevent Covid-19.

5. Newspapers report that the actress's apartment is worth over £10 million.

→ _________________ to be worth over £10 million.

6. Research has found that people falling in love are usually happier.

→ _________________ that people falling in love are usually happier.

7. Some experts state that acupuncture can work on animals.

→ _________________ that acupuncture can work on animals.

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Exercise 3: Choose the correct phrase

1. The fire is believed to start/to have started in the kitchen.

2. UVB radiation is known to cause/to have caused skin cancer.

3. Over 15,000 people are estimated to visit/to have visited the museum when it opened

on Friday.

4. The black mamba is widely agreed to be/to have been one of the most dangerous

animals in the world.

5. The singer is estimated to earned/to have earned over $5 million in the last 6 months.