В страдательном залоге глагол выражает действие, которое производится в отношении подлежащего, в отличие от действительного залога, где подлежащее само совершает действие.
Сказуемое строится по формуле: to be + V3 (Participle II), где вспомогательный глагол to be принимает форму, соответствующую лицу и числу подлежащего и времени предложения.
| Время Форма | Simple | Continuous | Perfect |
| Present | I am asked He, she, it is asked We, you, they are asked | I am being asked He, she, it is being asked We, you, they are being asked | I have been asked He, she, it has been asked We, you, they have been asked |
| Past | I, he, she, it was asked We, you, they were asked | I, he, she, it was being asked We, you, they were being ask | I, we, you they, he, she, it had been asked |
| Future | I, we shall/will be asked He, she, it, you, they will be asked | ----- | I, we shall/will have been asked He, she, it, you, they will have been asked |
| Future in the Past | I, we should / would be asked He, she, it, you, they would be asked | ----- | I, we should/would have been asked He, she, it, you, they would have been asked |
В страдательном залоге употребляются только объектные глаголы, т.е. те, после которых можно поставить дополнение.