II. Personal / impersonal constructions
1 Choose the correct answer.
1) It (believe / is believed) that people originated from apes.
2) They (expect / are expected) him to come soon.
3) She (is thought / thinks) to be a true friend.
4) Dean ((is thought / thinks) to be a true friend.
5) He (is known / knows) much about his family's past.
6) The kids (were reported / reported) to be troublemakers in the neighbourhood.
7) The delegation (is expected / expected) to arrive soon.
8) The scientist(was expected / expected) to start his research .
9) Our parents (think/are thought) to set off to London in some days.
10) The convicts(were reported / report) to escape yesterday. : Batman (to know) to fight crimes.
2) The river (to expect) to flood the town in spring.
3) My friend (to say) to be a true anti vandal leader in the city.
4) Our teacher (to consider) one of the best specialists in the country.
5) The district (to report) to be the most dangerous criminal area in the town.
6) Arthur Conan Doyle (to believe) to be one of the most talented authors of the past century.
7) She (to know) as the beast storyteller.
8) Agatha Christie (to consider) ye queen of detective prose.
9) They (to expect) to work out the easiest solution of the problem.
10) This idea (to say) to be the most useful for the development of the country.
2. Where are you going? - I'm going to the library.
3. Where is Nicholas? - He's in the reading room. Is doing his homework there. Nicholas often does his homework in the reading room.
4. Is Lena at home? - No, it's not at home. She is having a music lesson. She always has music classes at this time.
5. Do not make noise. Kovalenko is speaking on the telephone.
6. Do not go into that room. There's a group of our students sitting a Maths exam.
7. Students sit examinations twice a year.
8. His son is going to become an economist.