Cuando queremos dar más importancia a la acción y no a quien la ha realizado, utilizamos la voz pasiva. Se forma la voz pasiva con el verbo auxiliar “to be” y el participio pasado del verbo. Se puede utilizar con todos los tiempos verbales, como se muestra en la tabla a continuación.
| Tiempo verbal | Ejemplo(s) |
|---|---|
| presente simple | is built |
| presente continuo | is being built |
| pasado simple | was built |
| pasado continuo | was being built |
| presente perfecto simple | has been built |
| presente perfecto continuo | has been being built |
| pluscuamperfecto simple | had been built |
| pluscuamperfecto continuo | had been being built |
| futuro | will be built, is going to be built |
| verbos modales | can/may/should/must be built |