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    hearsay reporting Hearsay reports describe what people say, report, believe, think, consider, know, etc, and ate often Used in news reporting, They are introduced by a passive form of the report verb, either in present simple or past simple form with a to-infinitive. The report can refer to the present, or past, or a time before the time of reporting. present verb, present reference ‘We use a present reporting verb and refer to a state or action in the present. passive present infinitive The patient is said to be as well ascan be expected (That's what people say now about the present situation) present verb, past reference ‘We use a present reporting verb and refer to a state or action in the past. passive pastinfinitive The robbers are thought to have stolen more than £3 milion (That's what people say now about the past situation.) past verb, reference to time of reporting We use a past reporting verb and refer to a state or action at the time the report was made. past simple passive present infinitive last wee, the Prme Minister was said to be undecided (That's what people said then atout the situation then) past verb, reference before time of reporting ‘We use a past reporting verb and refer to a state or action at the time before the report was made. pastsimple passive past infinitive l -MeSmith was belfeved to have taken the car by mistake (That's what people said then stout something that had happened earlier.) continuous forms Continuous infinitive forms are also possible. The escaped men are believed to be wearing prison clothes. The injured man is thought to have been trying to climb the clit. present continuous infinitive wear to be wearing ast continugus infinitive wear — to have been wearing BREAKING NEWS - PRISONERS ESCAPE passive infinitives, Hearsay report expressions can abo be followed by passive infinitives. There are a number of diseases which are known to be caused by poor hygiene. The met are said to have been recaptured. At the time of the wreck, the clamonds were thought to have been lost. present passive infinitive eat to be eaten post passive infinitive eat to have been eaten passive participles ‘These can be used with report verbs like appreciate, deny, enjoy, remember etc. J appreciated being met at the airport. ‘Mr Archuvood denied having been convieted of any came. © Note that there may be no difference between using past and present participles. He denied being there. He denied having been there. Present passive continuous eat_—being eaten post passive continuous eat having been eaten @ hearsay reporting 1 Rewrite each sentence about ancient beliefs so that it does not contain the words underlined. a In Trish mythology, people said a meteor was asoul passing fram purgatory to heaven In ith mythology, a meteor was said to be a soul passing From, 0" purgatory to. heaven. b tn Greek mythology, people believed the beech tree was able to carry messages from a worshipper to Zeus, the father of the gods. © Inancient Egypt people thought bats’ blood cured blindness d_ In Aztec mythology, people believed the Sun was the hame of the god Quetzalcaatl @ In Norse mythology, people thought the bravest warriors lived after death in the hall of Valhalla, f In ancient Egypt, people believed the scarab, or heetle, carried the Sun across the sky. 2. Rewrite cach sentence so that it begins with the words underlined. ‘a Peaple say that the company’s European division is having a good year. The company’s Luropean division _ fs. Said +o be. having a good year. b Incontrast, they say that the Far East division has been suffering from rising costs. © Peaple helieve that the company has been talking to a competitor about a possible merger. d_ People know some directors have been thinking on these lines for some time. © People believe the CEO, Carl Graham, is making an attempt to focus the business more sharply in some areas. # People sa Iso looking at the possibility of job cuts. People think the company ts holding a top-level meeting about these matters next week, 3 Complete the sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. 2 Oak Island in Canada is one of many placesin the world which people think is the site of buried tweasure Oak Island in Canada is one of many placesin the world which is thougat 40 be the site of ouried treasure. b People say that the treasure is in & place called ‘the mon ‘The treasure Is € People think that pirates buried the treasure centuries ago. Pirates are == : The money pit story dates back to 1795, when people report that a local youth fell Into a hole at the foot of a large tee. ‘The money pit story dates back to 179, when a local youth Is People believe that he and a friend discovered traces ol treasure in the hole, He anda £ People say that the twa men found a treasure chest in later excavations end awe The two men are ones 9. However, before they could open the chest, people say that water flooded in, However, before they could open the chest, water is 5 jince then, people believe that more than a d ‘more than a dozen groups of trcesure hunters are

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