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.