N2 grammar · Lesson 24

「〜とされる」「〜とのことだ」: written guesses, hearsay

この寺てらは、千年せんねん以上いじょう前まえに建たてられたとされている。

Read 「〜とされる」 「〜と言いわれている」 「〜ものと思おもわれる」 in reports; pass on messages with 「〜とのことです」; know the source and how sure the speaker is.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜とされる」 and 「〜とされている」: it is generally thought
  2. 02「〜と言いわれている」: people say …
  3. 03「〜ものと思おもわれる」: a written guess
  4. 04「〜とのことだ」: passing on what you heard
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions
  6. 06Putting them together: dialogue and short text

Practice

  • Choose the meaning of each sentence
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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