1º Bach. Correction homework

*Exercise 1.

1. Ten foreign passports are known to have been confiscated last week.

2. Most small corner shops are said to be losing business with the recession.

3. Tax increase is expected to be announced  in tomorrow's budget.

4. The Crown Prince was thought at first to have been attacked.

5. Inner-city crime rates are known to be increasing.

6. The star's wife is said to have had at least two face-lifts.

7. The Princess is rumoured to be in hiding in Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

8. Nine crew members are feared to have been lost overboard.

*Exercise 3.

1. The oldest councillor was given the freedom of the city.

2. All but a few were denied access to the secret documents.

3. The child was shown how to use the telephone.

4. He was declared persona non grata and (was) allowed forty-eight hours to leave the country.

5. He was given artificial respiration.

*Statement exercise.
8. They said (that) they had a lift but very often it didn't work.
9. He said (that) from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Eiffel Tower.
10. His daughter said (that) she had no idea what the time was but she would dial 8081 and find out.
11. He said (that) his wife had just been made a judge.
12. She replied (that) she would go with me as soon as she was ready.
13. The small boy said (that) he had a German lesson that afternoon and he hadn't done his homework yet.
14. I warned her (that) if she let the iron get too hot she would scorch her clothes.
15. He pointed out (that) I hadn't given him quite enough because the bill was for £13.