Impersonal Passive

• Common Verb List Used in Impersonal Passive

agree / allege / announce / assume / believe / claim / calculate / consider / declare /

discover / estimate / expect / find / know / mention / propose / recommend / rumour /
show / suppose / suggest / state / understand

A: Rewrite the statements below by using impersonal passive structure.

Example: They claim the terrorist is living abroad.

It is claimed that the terrorist is living abroad.

1. People believe the company stole over a million pounds

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2. We expect the train strike will begin tomorrow.
It _____________________________________________________________
3. We discovered that the student had cheated in the exam.
It _____________________________________________________________
4. They alleged that 139 people died in the plane crash.
It _____________________________________________________________
5. She has suggested the lack of funding is the biggest part of the problem.
It _____________________________________________________________
6. They have reported that the minister of economy will resign.
It _____________________________________________________________
7. People expect the strike will take at least 1 month.
It _____________________________________________________________
8. They rumored that the company stole over 1 million pound.
It _____________________________________________________________
 9. The weather forecast has just stated that tomorrow will be the hottest day of this
year.
It _____________________________________________________________
10. People can’t understand that the results of global warming is going to be more
serious than we imagine.
It _____________________________________________________________

11. Police reported that the number of car accidents had increased.
It _____________________________________________________________
12. The reporter has claimed that the storm damaged the nuclear power plant.
It _____________________________________________________________
13. The doctors consider that this new technique is a revolution for heart problems.
It _____________________________________________________________

14. They expect the Queen Mary 2 will arrive in Miami in a couple of weeks.
It _____________________________________________________________

15. Scientists think that many unknown mammals still live in the middle of Asian jungles.
It _____________________________________________________________