Help|Is it necessary to make the sentence by using "to have been v-ed”??
The sentence is
759 people are reported____.
A.to be killed
B.to have been killed

I chose A but the answer is B, and it explained that the action of "kill" is happened before "reported", so here should use a [to have been] sense.

So the answer A is absolutely wrong for this sentence right?

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Help|Is it necessary to make the sentence by using "to have been v-ed”??
The sentence is
759 people are reported____.
A.to be killed
B.to have been killed
 
I chose A but the answer is B, and it explained that the action of "kill" is happened before "reported", so here should use a [to have been] sense.

So the answer A is absolutely wrong for this sentence right?

Answer

A. is incorrect.  If you use this tense, the meaning could be interpreted that the people were reported in order that they be killed some time in the future.

B. is the correct answer.   In reported speech, move the tense back (from direct speech) as shown here:
https://www.wallstreetenglish.com/blog/direct-and-indirect-speech-exercises/

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Hi.
In this case you have to use the present perfect.
The people were killed and it happened recently or we don't know the exactly the time it's happened.
So, the structure have+participle indicate something that occurred in the past, but we don't know the exact time or it don't matter in the context. 
I was running and I fell in this morning.

I was running and I have fallen.
I hope help you.

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Thank you Paul and John!

Answer

yes. in reported speech we tend to "go back one tense".

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"to be killed" suggests that it hasn't happened yet so I would agree that B is the correct option.

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