A diferencia de laVoz Pasiva Personal, donde el objeto directo de la oracin activa pasa a ocupar el lugar de sujeto en la oracin pasiva -para lo cual es necesario un verbo transitivo-, en laVoz Pasiva Impersonal, al utilizar verbos intransitivoscomo accin principal, no existe objeto que pueda cumplir esa funcin y es necesario seguir la siguiente estructura:

SUJETOVERBO TO BEPASADO PARTICIPIO

Veamos algunos ejemplos:

It is saidSe dice

It is knownSe sabe

It is supposedSe supone

It is consideredSe considera

It is reportedSe informa

It is thoughtSe piensa

It is decidedSe decide

Ahora veamos ejemplos concretos sobre su desarrollo:

People believe that the strike will continue for a week.It is believed that the strike will continue for a week.The police reported that there was a bomb on the plane.It was reported that there was a bomb on the plane.

Tambin es preciso mencionar que en muchas ocasiones unatercera construccines posible colocando el sujeto de la oracin subordinada al comienzo de la oracin; el verbo de percepcin en voz pasiva y el resto de la frase se aade utilizando el infinitivo del verbo precedido por la partcula TO, teniendo en cuenta que algunos verbos auxiliares y THAT no se colocan:

He says that the Governor had inaugurated the bridge the last year.

It is said that the Governor had inaugurated the bridge the last year.

The Governor is said to have inaugurated the bridge the last year.

Everyone think that the ship will arrive tomorrow morning.

It is said that the ship will arrive tomorrow morning.

The ship is said to arrive tomorrow morning.