✍️ Advanced Passive Structures Exercises: Worksheets with Answers

Exercise 1: Rewrite as impersonal passive (It is... that)

1. People say that he is a genius. →
2. People believe that the suspect has left. →
3. People think that the painting is a forgery. →

Exercise 2: Rewrite as personal passive (He is said to...)

1. People say that he is rich. →
2. People believe that she has won the award. →
3. People expect that the company will announce profits. →

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences

1. It ______ (believe) that the earth is round. →
2. The missing boy is ______ (presume) to have drowned. →
3. It ______ (report) that the minister has resigned. →

Exercise 4: Correct the mistakes

1. It is said that he is being rich. →
2. They are believed that they have left. →
3. He is thought to be honest? (punctuation) →