Present & Continuous Passive
They claim that the committee is currently reviewing the proposal
It is claimed that the proposal is currently being reviewed by the committee.
Change:
“They have been investigating the issue for years.”
→ The issue has been being investigated for years.
Change:
“They must complete the work by tomorrow.”
→ The work must be completed by tomorrow.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
→ An echo
People believe that scientists are developing a cure for the disease.”
→ It is believed that a cure for the disease is being developed by scientists.
→ The project had already been completed before the deadline
Transform:
“They might have overlooked an important detail.”
→ An important detail might have been overlooked.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
→ Footsteps
→ Footsteps
Correct the sentence:
“The project is being complete by a team of experts.”
→ being completed
Correct:
“The problem has been solve by the engineers.”
→ been solved
Rewrite:
“They should be analyzing the data more carefully.”
→ The data should be being analyzed more carefully
I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
→ Fire
Transform:
“They say that the company is expanding its operations globally.”
→ The company is said to be expanding its operations globally.
Rewrite:
“They have been discussing the proposal in secret.”
→ The proposal has been being discussed in secret.
Complex:
“They could have been using outdated methods.”.
→ Outdated methods could have been being used
What can be broken without being touched?
a promise
Change with emphasis:
“Experts think that they are manipulating the data deliberately.”
→ The data is thought to be being deliberately manipulated by experts.
→ The suspect is believed to have been being monitored for weeks.
“They ought to have informed us earlier.”
→ We ought to have been informed earlier.
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