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📘 Day 19: Reporting Verbs (Pattern 2)

Welcome to Day 19 of Practice Makes Perfect: Reported Speech.
In this lesson, we learn Reporting Verbs – Pattern 2, a personal passive structure widely used in news reports, academic writing, and formal English.

Today’s focus structure is:

👉 Subject + is/are + past participle + to-infinitive

This pattern is used when the focus is on the person or thing being talked about, not on the people who reported the information.

🔹 What You Will Learn in This Lesson:

Difference between Pattern 1 and Pattern 2

How to change:

People say that he is honest
➝ He is said to be honest

Structure for:

Present facts → to + verb

Past actions → to have + V3

Common reporting verbs:

said, thought, believed

reported, known, supposed, expected

Use of “supposed to” for expectations and rumors

Why this structure is preferred in formal and exam English

🔹 Examples from the Lesson:

People believe she is a genius.
➝ She is believed to be a genius.

People think the criminal fled the country.
➝ The criminal is thought to have fled the country.

People say she is married.
➝ She is supposed to be married.

🔹 Why This Lesson Is Important:

Frequently tested in board exams

Common in news headlines

Makes your English sound advanced and professional

📌 Practice questions with clear answers are included at the end of the lesson.

👉 One more lesson to go — Day 20: Final Review & Mastery Test.
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