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    1) The document discusses the impersonal passive, which is used to report what is said or thought by people or an unspecified group without specifying who. 2) It can be formed using "it" plus the verb "be" plus the past participle of a reporting verb like "think" or "believe" followed by a that-clause, or a subject plus "be" plus the verb plus an infinitive or to-infinitive phrase. 3) When referring to events before the impersonal verb, a perfect infinitive can be used, while a simple infinitive is used to refer to the same time as the impersonal verb.

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    1) The document discusses the impersonal passive, which is used to report what is said or thought by people or an unspecified group without specifying who. 2) It can be formed using "it" plus the verb "be" plus the past participle of a reporting verb like "think" or "believe" followed by a that-clause, or a subject plus "be" plus the verb plus an infinitive or to-infinitive phrase. 3) When referring to events before the impersonal verb, a perfect infinitive can be used, while a simple infinitive is used to refer to the same time as the impersonal verb.

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    1) The document discusses the impersonal passive, which is used to report what is said or thought by people or an unspecified group without specifying who. 2) It can be formed using "it" plus the verb "be" plus the past participle of a reporting verb like "think" or "believe" followed by a that-clause, or a subject plus "be" plus the verb plus an infinitive or to-infinitive phrase. 3) When referring to events before the impersonal verb, a perfect infinitive can be used, while a simple infinitive is used to refer to the same time as the impersonal verb.

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    A4 - Impersonal Passive

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    Impersonal Passive

    in the past
    Group Members:
    • Vatanak Sothyda
    • Ly Bunkheang
    • Sotheany Dariyanat
    • John Chanrithy
    Contents:

    Review Function Form Example Exercise

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    Review:

    Use: • It + be + V3 of reporting verb + that-


    Form: clause.
    • A common way of • Sub + be + V3 of reporting verb + to-
    reporting what is said infinitive/to-infinitive phrase.
    by people or by an
    unspecified group of _People think that
    people drugs are dangerous.
    • If you want to be more  It is thought that
    Example:
    formal in speech or in drugs are dangerous
    writing, you can  Drugs are thought to be dangerous
    use the impersonal
    passive.
    Note: Instead of using “said or thought”, you can use “believed,
    claimed, estimated” or other reporting verbs. Your Logo or Name Here 3
    Function
    We can use a perfect infinitive with the impersonal passive
    when we refer to events and situations that happened
    before the impersonal verb.
    Form
     Referring to a time before impersonal verb.
    o Subject + impersonal passive + perfect infinitive
    +Original: People believe that the man was trapped in the cave.
    +Converted: The man is believed to have trapped in the cave.
    Original: They believe that the cat was buried.
    Converted: The cat is believed to have been buried.
     Referring to the same time as the impersonal verb.
    o Subject + impersonal passive + infinitive
    +Original: People consider the Earth’s crust to be composed of large plates.
    +Converted: The Earth’s crust is considered to be composed of large plates.
    Original: People thought that Coronavirus is very dangerous for people of allYourages.
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    Converted: Coronavirus is thought to be very dangerous for people of all ages.
    Conclusion:

    Impersonal passive in the


    past

    happened before happen at the same time as


    Impersonal verb. Impersonal verb.

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    Thank You
    Source:

    https://www.bilbaoschool.com/the-imperso
    nal-passive-the-causative/

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