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Complete the tour guide's script about the eccentric billionaire, Arthur Pendelton.
Select ALL the grammatically correct sentences that apply.
The correct answers are Arthur was rumored to be living in a secret volcano lair. and It was rumored that Arthur was living in a secret volcano lair.
To report an ongoing action that was happening at the same time as the past rumor, we use the continuous infinitive (to be living) after the personal passive subject ("Arthur was rumored...").
We can also use the impersonal "It" followed by a "that" clause containing the past continuous tense (It was rumored that Arthur was living...).
"Arthur was rumored living" is missing the required "to be," and "It was rumored Arthur to be living" incorrectly mixes the impersonal "It" structure with an infinitive.