Previous time (Past): Use to have + past participle
Progressive actions: Use to be + -ing
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2. The company is believed to close / to be closing.
3. She is known to speak five languages. personal impersonal passive exercises pdf
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The Impersonal Passive is utilized when the agent is vague or irrelevant (e.g., "people," "everyone," "someone"). It functions to create objective distance. The subject is always the formal subject "It". Previous time (Past): Use to have + past participle
This structure often requires specific reporting verbs such as: alleged, believed, claimed, considered, expected, known, reported, said, thought, understood.