Advanced passive tenses · Impersonal passive (It is said that...) · Supposed to
Visão Geral: Passive Voice (Advanced)
No nível B2 você domina estruturas passivas avançadas, incluindo a passiva impessoal (It is said that...) e a estrutura pessoal de relato (He is said to be...).
Passiva Impessoal (It + passiva + that)
It is believed that the company will announce layoffs.
Indica dever, expectativa cultural ou regra estipulada: You are supposed to turn off your phones during takeoff.
Be expected to + verbo
Expectativa formal ou previsão de acontecimento: The minister is expected to arrive at noon.
Voz Passiva com Verbos de Dois Objetos (Give, Offer, Send)
Foco na pessoa (mais natural em inglês)
She was given a promotion. (em vez de 'A promotion was given to her')
Foco na coisa
A promotion was offered to her.
Importante: Em português usam-se formas reflexivas impessoais ('Diz-se que...'). Em inglês a estrutura equivalente é 'It is said that...' ou 'He is said to be...'.
Erros comuns de falantes de português
Says that he is rich.
→
It is said that he is rich.
Falta o sujeito impessoal 'It' no início.
He is said to has left.
→
He is said to have left.
Use o infinitivo perfeito 'to have + particípio' para ações anteriores.
You are supposed to bringing your ID.
→
You are supposed to bring your ID.
Após 'supposed to', use o verbo base (infinitivo).