Cover of the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Distancing the facts for the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Read the story of the Dutch cyclist, Monique Van Der Vorst. Use the first verb in brackets (in the passive where appropriate), followed by the correct form of the second verb.

Answer

  1. was assumed she had been overdoing
  2. was thought to be suffering
  3. seemed to be
  4. was not expected to do
  5. was concluded that she was suffering / suffered
  6. was supposed to compete / was supposed to be competing
  7. appeared to be
  8. was judged to be
  9. was said to have had / is said to have had / was said to have / has been said to have had / has been said to have
  10. is considered to be
  11. is also alleged to have exaggerated / has also been alleged to have exaggerated
  12. appears to be
  13. is known to be / has been known to be
  14. are now believed to have been