6)IMPERSONAL CONSTRUCTION

Impersonal sentences are sentences that have no natural subject. We usually have
the word There or It in the subject position.

* There + to be
There is / There are
There was / There were
There will be

FOR EXAMPLE:
There are some apples in the fridge
There was a cinema next to my house.

* It + to be + Infinitive
It is easy to run 100 m.
It is funny to read comics.

* It + to be
for distance
for temperature
for time
for weather

- It is a ten-minute walk from my house to the school.

- It is really cold in winter here.
- It is six o'clock.
- It is snowing today
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* such expressions
- It seems that It appears that It looks like
- It doesn't matter
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- It looks like Temir is going to be late.
It appears that Anar was sent back to her family.

One (You)
to refer to people in general (anyone)
One should be confident during a speech.

Impersonal / Personal passive constructions

The verbs believe, consider, expect, know, report, say, think, etc have both
personal and impersonal constructions in the passive.

People expect that Adele will sing the song.

Personal Construction > Adele is expected to sing the song.
Impersonal Construction > It is expected that Adele will sing the song.

They say, "He was a brilliant student.

Personal Construction > He is said to have been a brilliant musician.
Impersonal construction > It is said that he was a brilliant musician.