Práce se zaměřuje na popis a syntaktickou charakteristiku různých druhů a typů pasiv v Anglickém jazyce. V závěru se práce zaměřuje na využití trpného rodu v psaných textech.The thesis will introduce and provide descriptions and syntactical characteristics of many types of passives and passive clauses, most notably adjectival passives, verbal passives, be-passives and get-passives. Furthermore, the study will examine contemporary arguments against some of the questionable claims that have been made in the past. This concerns adjectival and verbal passives, their similarities and assumed differences and the compatibility of by-phrases with these types of passives. The paper is partially dealing with the usage of passive voice in writing as well.