{"id":21264,"date":"2022-01-28T05:07:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T04:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=21264"},"modified":"2022-01-28T05:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T04:07:32","slug":"it-is-said-that-he-is-said-to-he-is-supposed-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/01\/it-is-said-that-he-is-said-to-he-is-supposed-to\/","title":{"rendered":"It is said that&#8230;\/He is said to&#8230;\/He is supposed to&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>passive forms of reporting verbs<\/strong> are commonly used in <strong>news reports<\/strong> or when<strong> someone else told us about it<\/strong>. We use this structure to deliver information when its <strong>accuracy<\/strong> is <strong>unverified<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples <\/strong>of reporting verbs are: <em>said<\/em>, <em>believed, expected, known, reported, alleged, considered, claimed, suggested<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this lesson, we will focus on the reporting verb &#8220;<strong>said<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can use these passive forms in <strong>two ways<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Sentence structure 1:<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Sentence structure 2:\u00a0<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>It is said that + subject + verb<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Someone is said to + infinitive<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>It is said that<\/strong> the <em>company is <\/em>applying for an ERTE.<\/td><td>The <strong>company is said <\/strong><em>to<\/em><strong> <\/strong><em>be <\/em>applying for an ERTE.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>It is said that <\/strong>this<em> training course<\/em> is totally irrelevant.<\/td><td>This<strong> training course<em> is said <\/em><\/strong><em>to be<\/em> totally irrelevant.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>It is said that<\/strong> <em>she is<\/em> unable to keep a secret.<\/td><td><strong>She is said <\/strong><em>to be <\/em>unable to keep a secret.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>some conditions<\/strong>, \u2018<strong>it is supposed to<\/strong>\u2026\u2019 also means \u2018<strong>it is said to<\/strong>\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>it is supposed to\u2026<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2018it is said to\u2026<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I will start binge-watching that TV series. <strong>It&#8217;s supposed to<\/strong> be action-packed.<\/td><td><strong>It is said to <\/strong>be action-packed.\u00a0<\/td><td>People are claiming the tv series is action-packed.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>She wants to try meditation. <strong>It is supposed to <\/strong>be relaxing.<\/td><td><strong>It is said that<\/strong> meditation is relaxing.<\/td><td>Those who have tried meditation are saying that it is relaxing.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Why did he move to Germany?\u00a0<strong>He&#8217;s supposed to <\/strong>have found a better job there.<\/td><td><strong>It is said that <\/strong>he found a better job in Germany.<\/td><td>It is said that he found a better job in Germany hence the move.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>other conditions<\/strong>, \u2018<strong>it is supposed to<\/strong>\u2026\u2019 means something is <strong>planned or expected to happen <\/strong>but <strong>oftentimes<\/strong> <strong>didn&#8217;t really happen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>The <strong>meeting was supposed to<\/strong> start at 9 o&#8217;clock but it&#8217;s already half past nine and the host hasn&#8217;t arrived yet.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The<strong> exhibition was supposed to<\/strong> be free but they asked us for an entrance fee.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>She&#8217;d better not waste any more time on playing video games. <strong>She&#8217;s supposed to <\/strong>do the laundry today.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passive forms of reporting verbs are commonly used in news reports or when someone else told us about it. 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