Verb Tense | Structure | Example |
| PRESENT SIMPLE | am/are/is + pp | Spanish is spoken here. |
| PRESENT CONTINUOUS | am/are/is being + pp | Your questions are being answered. |
| FUTURE (WILL) | will be + pp | It’ll be painted by next week. |
| FUTURE (GOING TO) | am/are/is going to be + pp | Terry is going to be made redundant next year. |
| PAST SIMPLE | was/were + pp | We were invited to the party, but we didn’t go. |
| PAST CONTINUOUS | was/were being + pp | The hotel room was being cleaned when we got back from shopping. |
| PRESENT PERFECT | have/has been + pp | The President of America has been shot. |
| PAST PERFECT | had been + pp | When he got home he found that all of his money had been stolen. |
| FUTURE PERFECT | will have been + pp | Our baby will have been born before Christmas. |
Examples:
*Service can be detected and corrected
El servicio puede ser detectado y corregido
*That problems will be passed on to the customer
Esos problemas se pasarán al cliente
*The final product will have to be reworked
El producto final tendra que ser reformulado
*Can be successfully aplied to either
Puede ser exitosamente aplicado a ambos
*A cereal packaging line may be designed
Una linea de empaquetado de cereal puede ser diseñado
*More and more product will be producted
más y más producto se producira
*when an action should be taken in a process
cuando una acción debe ser tomada en un proceso
*This car was made in 1963
Este coche fue echo en 1963
*This house was built by my mother
Esta casa fue construida por mi madre
*Washington was bombed by Pakistan
Washington, fue bombardeada por el Pakistán
*German is spoken here
Aquí se habla alemán
*When was this house built?
¿Cuando se construyó esta casa?
*A lot of songs have been written about love
Una gran cantidad de canciones se han escrito sobre el amor
*The lesson was understood by Marietta.
La lección fue entendida por Marietta.
*The radio is listened by Ralph
La radio es escuchada por Ralph
*Many whales are killed daily by some criminal people
Muchas ballenas son eliminadas diariamente por algunos criminales
*The best meat will be exported towards other countries by Colombia
La mejor carne será exportada hacia otros países por Colombia
*Two fish have been eaten
Dos pescados han sido comidos
*The dresses have been bought by Elizabeth and Betty
Los vestidos han sido comprados por Isabel y Beatriz
*Her money was stolen
su dinero fue robado
*The water is heated to a temperature of from 60° to 80° C.
El agua es hervida a una temperatura de entre 60 a 80 grados.
