This flashcard explains the passive construction "is expected to win the race" for reporting a general opinion.
Ce flashcard explique la construction passive avec "is expected to win the race" pour rapporter une opinion générale.
| Task | Transfer this Active Voice sentence into the Passive one: Everyone expects him to win the race. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 2 |
| a | He expects to win the race. |
| b | He is expected to win the race. |
| c | He has been expected to win the race. |
| d | He had been expected to win the race. |
| comment | The construction [subject + passive + to-infinitive] is used to talk about people's opinions in general and to report an event. As the active sentence was formed with the Present Simple, we use the same tense in the passive one: [is/are + Past Participle] |
| topic | passive voice |
| level | 2 |
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