English B1: The passive · Grammar

La pasiva se forma con to be + participio y pone el foco en la acción: English is spoken here; The bridge was built in 1890. Quien hace la acción, si importa, va con by: The book was written by Orwell. Con verbos modales: It must be done today.

• built — construido
• made — hecho, fabricado
• written — escrito
• sold — vendido
• invented — inventado
• spoken — hablado
• founded — fundado
• repaired — reparado

• My car is being repaired. — Me están arreglando el coche.
• It was made in Italy. — Está hecho en Italia.
• The company was founded in 1998. — La empresa se fundó en 1998.
• Spanish is spoken here. — Aquí se habla español.