My Cousin Rachel-- BBC version

This is a 1983 BBC version of My Cousin Rachel. It's the English original version, but you can activate the subtitles in English to help your understanding. It 's divided into four parts.

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Passive with reporting verbs

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We are going to begin with the use of the passive voice with reporting verbs. 

This grammar point is not on your textbook and this is why I'm going to give you a brief explanation here. 

PASSIVE VOICE WITH REPORTING VERBS

The passive is often used with say, believe, think, know, understand, claim, suppose, report and similar verbs used in reporting speech. 

For example: 

People say that John Wilson lives in New York. 

There are two ways to make this sentence passive: 

1) It is said that John Wilson lives in New York 

("Se dice que John Wilson vive en Nueva York")

2) John Wilson is said to live in New York 

(Esta segunda opción no existe en español. Su traducción sería algo así como "John Wilson es dicho de vivir en Nueva York", frase imposible en nuestro idioma). 

In the second case, the infinitive in the subordinate depends on the original tense. 

Active                 --------->  Passive  

Present simple   -------->  TO-infinitive 

People think that he is very rich  -------->  He is thought to be very rich 

Will  ------------->  To-infinitive

They expect that oil prices will rise ---------> Oil prices are expected to rise. 

Be going to -----------------> To-infinitive

They expect that the team is going to win the competition again ---------> The team is expected to win the competition again.    

Past simple ------------------>  TO HAVE + PARTICIPLE 

People say that the situation was very difficult  -----------> The situation is said to have been very difficult. 

Present Perfect ----------------> TO HAVE+ PARTICIPLE 

People say that they have broken up --------> They are said to have broken up.    

Present Continuous --------------> TO BE + V-ing 

We believe that the situation is improving -----------> The situation is believed to be improving.    

Past continuous  ------------------> TO HAVE BEEN + V-ing 

They claim that oxygen levels were declining  -----------> Oxygen levels are claimed to have been declining.

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