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Complete the newspaper report with the verbs in brackets in the passive. Add any other necessary words e.g. to or that.
English Upper-Intermediate 3rd


Police have begun an enquiry after a fight broke out between several people in Lindhurst Road, Poole.

The fight is believed to have started in the early hours of Friday morning at an address near the corner of Lindhurst Road. It ______ (think) the fight started after a car was damaged bv one of the men.

At least one of the men involved ________ (say) have been armed. Three men remain in hospital and are being treated for injuries, which _________ (understand) be the result of the fight. It ________ (expect) one man will be released from hospital later today.


Five men, who ________ (think) be from the Brighton area, and are aged between 21 and 32, have been arrested. The police are asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them urgently. All information will be treated confidentially.


Odpowiedź :

W tym zadaniu musimy uzupełnić tekst czasownikami w mowie zależnej.

Police have begun an enquiry after a fight broke out between several people in Lindhurst Road, Poole.

The fight is believed to have started in the early hours of Friday morning at an address near the corner of Lindhurst Road. It is thought that (think) the fight started after a car was damaged by one of the men.

At least one of the men involved is said to (say) have been armed. Three men remain in hospital and are being treated for injuries, which are understood to (understand) be the result of the fight. It is expected that (expect) one man will be released from hospital later today.

Five men, who are thought to (think) be from the Brighton area, and are aged between 21 and 32, have been arrested. The police are asking anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them urgently. All information will be treated confidentially.

Mowy zależnej używamy, gdy podmiot jest:

  • nieznany,
  • nieistotny,
  • oczywisty.

Zdania w mowie zależnej tworzymy w następujący sposób:

osoba + to be w odpowiedniej formie + czasownik w trzeciej formie + reszta zdanie

Na przykład:

This book was written in 1939.

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