Passive reporting verbs: the grey lady is said to walk
Grammar · Halloween · C2 · 25 min. Distancing structures for legends and rumours (it is said that, is thought to have lived, is reported to be being restored, there are rumoured to be) in a guide to a 'haunted' country house.
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Distancing structures for legends and rumours (it is said that, is thought to have lived, is reported to be being restored, there are rumoured to be) in a guide to a 'haunted' country house.
- Level
- C2
- Category
- Grammar
- Topic
- Halloween
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Exercises
- Grammar explanation box, Gap-fill, Multiple choice, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Grammar explanation box: Reporting beliefs without taking responsibility for them
- Gap-fill: Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. U
- Multiple choice: Choose the correct option.
- Speaking / writing task: Write a guidebook entry (100–120 words) about a 'haunted' place in you
- Writing lines: Write here.