Passive Reporting Verbs - 1
Multiple-choice exercise
It is widely ____________ that we are descended from ape-like ancestors.
- accepted
- admitted
- commented
- concluded
It is now ____________ that the decision was the wrong one.
- acknowledged
- decided
- predicted
- stipulated
It is ____________ that he took the money without asking permission.
- alleged
- decided
- explained
- noticed
It is ____________ that reserves will run out in about 10 years.
- foreseen
- decided
- explained
- recommended
It has been ____________ that the minister's wife is expecting a baby.
- announced
- decided
- asserted
- discovered
It has long been ____________ that the earth is getting warmer.
- assumed
- guaranteed
- recorded
- discovered
It is ____________ by some that the earth is often visited by aliens.
- claimed
- agreed
- realized
- discovered
It is ____________ by many to be a self-evident truth.
- held
- recommended
- reported
- noted
It has been ____________ that the election will take place in May.
- held
- confirmed
- commented
- known
The earth is ____________ to be 4.5 billion years old.
- admitted
- reckoned
- commented
- predicted