Advanced Passive VoiceComplex Structures & Professional Usage
Master estructuras pasivas sofisticadas para comunicación formal, reporting profesional y documentación ejecutiva que proyecta autoridad y precisión técnica.
¿Por qué es Fundamental Advanced Passive Voice en B2?
El Advanced Passive Voice es la marca distintiva de comunicación profesional sofisticada, permitiendo crear distance diplomática, formalidad ejecutiva y objective reporting en contextos corporativos de alto nivel.
Strategic Advantages del Passive Voice Avanzado:
- 1Professional objectivity: Remove personal responsibility para diplomatic communication
- 2Formal tone: Create authoritative documentation y executive reports
- 3Focus on results: Emphasize outcomes over who performed actions
- 4Complex processes: Describe sophisticated business operations y procedures
Passive Voice with Modals
Executive-Level Precision
Modal + be + Past Participle
Professional obligations, possibilities, and recommendations in passive form
Obligation & Necessity
Must be + PP
"All reports must be submitted by Friday."
→ Strong obligation, formal requirement
Should be + PP
"The budget should be approved before implementation."
→ Recommendation, best practice
Have to be + PP
"Contracts have to be reviewed by legal."
→ External obligation, policy requirement
Possibility & Probability
Can be + PP
"The project can be completed ahead of schedule."
→ Possibility, capability
Might be + PP
"The meeting might be postponed due to weather."
→ Possibility, uncertainty
Could be + PP
"Costs could be reduced through automation."
→ Potential, conditional possibility
Perfect Passive Constructions
Present Perfect Passive
has/have been + PP
"The system has been upgraded to handle more traffic."
→ Completed action with present relevance
Past Perfect Passive
had been + PP
"The proposal had been rejected before we arrived."
→ Action completed before another past event
Future Perfect Passive
will have been + PP
"The audit will have been completed by month-end."
→ Action completed before future point
Executive Timeline Example
Past Perfect: "The strategy had been developed before the crisis hit."
Present Perfect: "The plan has been implemented successfully."
Future Perfect: "Results will have been analyzed by Q2."
Advanced Reporting Passives
Diplomatic & Objective Reporting
Perfect for executive communication where you need to report information without assigning direct responsibility or appearing too personal.
Personal Passive
Subject + reporting verb + infinitive
is expected to
"The CEO is expected to announce layoffs."
is believed to
"The company is believed to be profitable."
is rumored to
"They are rumored to be merging."
is said to
"The project is said to be behind schedule."
Impersonal Passive
It + reporting verb + that clause
It is expected that
"It is expected that sales will increase."
It is believed that
"It is believed that the merger will succeed."
It is reported that
"It is reported that negotiations are ongoing."
It is understood that
"It is understood that changes are inevitable."
Causative Passive: Have/Get Something Done
Executive Delegation
have/get + object + past participle
Arrange for someone else to do something - perfect for describing outsourcing and delegation
Have Something Done
More formal, planned arrangements
"We're having the office renovated next month."
→ Professional contractors will renovate
"The company had its logo redesigned by experts."
→ Professional designers did the work
"We'll have the data analyzed by specialists."
→ Expert analysis arranged
Get Something Done
More informal, sometimes urgent
"I need to get my laptop repaired urgently."
→ Urgent repair needed
"They got the contract signed just in time."
→ Successful completion achieved
"We got the presentation translated into five languages."
→ Translation service arranged
Executive Report: Advanced Passive Mastery
Quarterly Operations Review - Formal Documentation
Q3 Achievements
During the third quarter, significant milestones were achievedacross all departments. The new CRM system has been successfully implementedand is being utilized by over 200 employees. Customer satisfaction scores have been improved by 23% since the system's deployment.
Process Improvements
Several operational processes were streamlined to enhance efficiency. The quality control protocol had been revised before the ISO audit, ensuring compliance standards were met. IT infrastructureis currently being upgraded to support increased data processing requirements.
Strategic Initiatives
The European expansion project is expected to be completedby year-end. Market research has been conducted in three target regions, and preliminary results are being analyzed by our consulting partners. It is anticipated that the expansion will generate €2M in additional revenue.
External Services
To ensure objectivity, we had the financial audit conductedby PricewaterhouseCoopers. The legal compliance review was completedby Baker McKenzie, and all documentation has been updated accordingly. We also got our cybersecurity protocols tested by external penetration testing specialists.
Future Projections
Looking ahead, the Q4 product launch will have been preparedby the marketing team before December 1st. Customer feedback will be collectedthrough multiple channels, and performance metrics will be monitored continuously. It is projected that market share will increase by 15% following the launch.
Advanced Passive Structures Used:
Perfect Passives:
- • has been implemented
- • have been improved
- • had been revised
- • will have been prepared
Continuous Passives:
- • is being utilized
- • are being analyzed
- • is currently being upgraded
- • will be monitored
Causative & Reporting:
- • had the audit conducted
- • got protocols tested
- • is expected to be completed
- • is anticipated that
Advanced Practice Exercises
Master sophisticated passive structures for executive communication. Exercise 1 of 18
The quarterly report _____ by the finance team before the board meeting.
Master Summary: Advanced Passive Voice B2
Modal Passives:
- • Must be done: Strong obligation
- • Should be done: Recommendation
- • Can be done: Possibility
- • May be done: Permission/Possibility
Perfect Passives:
- • Has been done: Present relevance
- • Had been done: Prior completion
- • Will have been done: Future completion
- • Is being done: Current process
Executive Uses:
- • Reporting: is expected/believed to
- • Causative: have/get something done
- • Formality: Objective, diplomatic tone
- • Process: Focus on results over actors