Can you check if the following sentences which I turned into the passive voice using the personal construction are correct? Thank you for helping me!
1) They report that Peter is sending her messages.
Peter is reported to be sending her messages.
2) Peter sent her messages/her messages/has sent her messages/had sent her messages.
Peter is reported to have sent her messages.
3) They report that Peter was sending
her messages.
Peter is reported to have been sent her messages.
4) They report they are going to send her messages/will send her messages.
He is reported to be going (???) to send her messages. (can you use it in the future??)
5) He had to decide whether to cut the rope and live or hold the rope and die (is "hold on" possible?)
4) They report (It is reported) that he will send...
5) hold on to the rope
However the Passive is like: messages have been sent / will be sent/ are being sent
Sra
1) To check if the sentence "Peter is reported to be sending her messages" is correct, we can follow these steps:
- Identify the subject of the active sentence: The subject is "Peter."
- Identify the verb of the active sentence: The verb is "is sending."
- Change the verb to its passive form by using the appropriate form of "to be" followed by the past participle of the main verb: "is sending" becomes "is reported to be sending."
- Confirm that the rest of the sentence remains unchanged: In this case, "her messages" remains the same.
Therefore, the passive sentence "Peter is reported to be sending her messages" is correct.
2) Let's apply the same steps to check the sentence "Peter is reported to have sent her messages":
- Identify the subject of the active sentence: The subject is still "Peter."
- Identify the verb of the active sentence: The verb is "sent."
- Change the verb to its passive form: "sent" becomes "is reported to have sent."
- Confirm that the rest of the sentence remains unchanged: In this case, "her messages" remains the same.
So, the passive sentence "Peter is reported to have sent her messages" is correct.
3) Now, let's check if the sentence "Peter is reported to have been sent her messages" is correct:
- Identify the subject of the active sentence: The subject is still "Peter."
- Identify the verb of the active sentence: The verb is "was sending."
- Change the verb to its passive form: "was sending" becomes "is reported to have been sent."
- Confirm that the rest of the sentence remains unchanged: In this case, "her messages" remains the same.
However, there is an issue with the sentence "Peter is reported to have been sent her messages." The past participle "sent" should not take an object after it. Instead, we should say "Peter is reported to have been sent messages by her."
4) Let's analyze the sentence "He is reported to be going to send her messages":
- Identify the subject of the active sentence: The subject is "he."
- Identify the verb of the active sentence: The verb is "is going to send."
- Change the verb to its passive form: "is going to send" becomes "is reported to be going to send."
- Confirm that the rest of the sentence remains unchanged: In this case, "her messages" remains the same.
So, the passive sentence "He is reported to be going to send her messages" is grammatically correct. We can indeed use the personal construction in the future tense in this case.
5) Now, let's address the sentence "He had to decide whether to cut the rope and live or hold the rope and die" with the question of whether "hold on" is possible:
The phrase "hold on" conveys a sense of keeping a grip or maintaining contact, which doesn't fit the intended meaning of the sentence. Therefore, using "hold on" wouldn't work in this context.
The sentence "He had to decide whether to cut the rope and live or hold the rope and die" is grammatically correct and contextually coherent.