Aktiv+und+Passiv

=Passiv Voice:=

=Online Explanations and Practice:= Dartmouth College: Explaination of the Passive Voice in German. (Great Examples)

Link to N. Thuleen´s Passive Handout: Explanation and Practice

Explanation of Passive at "About German"

Practice changing these English sentences to the passive voice!

=Excellent Practice Activities:= Suggestion: For the following activities, complete one and check your answer. They may of may not require the former subject to be in a prepositional phrase.

Practice1: Change these German sentences to the passive voice! Practice 2: Change these German sentences to the passive voice. Practice 3: Change these German sentences to the passive voice. Practice 4: Insert the form of werden or the participle necessary to complete the sentence. Practice 5: Read the German sentence in the active voice and select the correct sentence in the passive voice from the pull-down menu.(Various tenses) Practice 6: Change the German sentences to the passive voice. Put the subject in a prepositional phrase with "von". Use the contraction "vom" for "von dem". Practice 7: Change the German sentences to the passive voice. Put the subject in a prepositional phrase with "von". Use the contraction "vom" for "von dem:"

Advanced Practice 1: Change these present tense passive sentences in German to the passive in the conversational past. Advanced Practice 2: Choose the correct for of werden in the simple past. You need to choose between the singular and plural form.