Spanish · Chapter 22 · Lesson 3 · Grammar primer
Passive with ser
Prescribed by the AQA specification.
The short version
Fue cerrada happened, está cerrada just is
Ser plus a participle reports an event; estar plus the same participle describes the state it left behind. La puerta fue cerrada means somebody shut it. La puerta está cerrada just means it is shut, no event in view. The quick test: if you could add por plus an agent, you want the action, so ser.
La puerta fue cerrada por el viento.
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