What it is: Focus on the action/result, not the doer.
What it’s for: Formal writing, news, when doer is unknown/unimportant.
Example: “The cake was made (by my mom).”
Form
be + V3 (change “be” by tense)
Present Simple: is/am/are + V3 → “The room is cleaned.”
Past Simple: was/were + V3 → “The room was cleaned.”
Present Perfect: has/have been + V3 → “The room has been cleaned.”