Como en español, la voz pasiva se forma con

el verbo 'to be' (ser) y el participio pasado.

They made this car in 1963. (active) This
car was made in 1963. (passive)
El sujeto de un verbo en pasiva corresponde al
objeto de un verbo en activa.
Spanish is spoken in Argentina PASIVA

(sujeto)
Argentinians speak Spanish ACTIVA

(objeto)

Estudia la siguiente lista de las formas del verbo

en pasiva.
(pp = participio pasado)
Verb Tense Structure Example
PRESENT am/are/is + Spanish is
SIMPLE pp spoken here.
We were invited to
PAST was/were +
the party, but we
SIMPLE pp
didn’t go.
The President of
PRESENT have/has
America has been
PERFECT been + pp
shot.
 En las formas del ‘future progressive’ (will be
being + pp) y ‘perfect progressive’ (has been
being + pp) no es muy común su uso.
Para decir quién hacía la acción o qué la
causaba, usa 'by'.
This house was built by my mother. / Esta
casa fue construida por mi madre.
Washington was bombed by
Pakistan. / Washington fue bombardeado por
Pakistán.
La voz pasiva se suele utilizar cuando se
desconoce o no interesa mencionar quién o qué
hace la acción.
Es más normal encontrar en español formas con
‘se’, por ejemplo: ‘se habla’, ‘se alquila’ o verbos
en plural como ‘venden’, ‘compran’.
German is spoken here / Aquí se habla alemán

When was this house built? / ¿Cuando se

construyó ( fue construida) ésta casa?

A lot of songs have been written about

love / Se han escrito muchas canciones sobre el
amor
1. The beds in our room haven’t been made yet.
2. Do you think we’ll be invited to the party?
3. La Mansión del Inglés is so successful
it will probably be translated into twenty different
languages.
4. When our flat was broken into last month, my
laptop computer was stolen.
5. I went to work early to go to the meeting
yesterday and I realised that the date had been
changed to the 13th February.
6. A new sports centre is being built in front of
our house and it’s completely spoiling our view of
the sea.
7. When I saw my grandmother yesterday she
told me she had been attacked in the street on
her way to bingo.
8. Cathy can’t use her office until next week as
it’s being redecorated.
9. Elton John was born in Pinner, Middlesex,
England.
10. I thought the interview went well, but I
still wasn’t offered the job.