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Question 1:
Transfer this Active voice sentence to the Passive one: They reported that Mr. Jacobson was playing football at that time.
A. Mr. Jacobson was reported to be played football at that time.
B. They reported that Mr. Jacobson had been playing football at that time.
C. Mr. Jacobson was reported was playing football at that time.
D. Mr. Jacobson was reported to be playing football at that time.
Feedback Passive Infinitive helps us construct sentences more gracefully and rationally. Also it is better to choose to-infinitive in order to avoid mentioning pronoun agents like 'we, they, all, everybody, etc.' Here we use the Continuous Infinitive after the reporting phrase 'was reported': [to + be+ verb+ing]

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