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If you have paid close attention to the previous pages on the passive voice in German, you are now ready to try the following exercises. In order to do these exercises successfully, you must know something about past participles and how to conjugate the verb "werden." If you need to review that verb or others, please see our detailed Verb List and our pages on the conjugation of "werden" in the Present, Past, Future and Subjunctive.
ÜBUNG 1 - ACTIV/PASSIV
Change the active sentence to passive. CAUTION! Don't change tenses or omit elements!
- Er schreibt eine E-Mail. _________________________
- Sie hat einen Kuchen gebacken. _________________________
- Man kann es beweisen. _________________________
- Mein Vater hat das Radio repariert. _________________________
- Der Wind schlug die Tür zu. _________________________
ÜBUNG 2 - PASSIV/ACTIV
Change the passive sentence to active. CAUTION! Don't change tenses or omit elements!
- Das Buch ist von Georg gekauft worden. _________________________
- Ihm wurde nichts gegeben. _________________________
- Der Wein war von uns getrunken worden. _________________________
- Die Stadt ist durch den Krieg zerstört worden. _________________________
- Keine Zahlen wurden zunächst ernannt. _________________________
ÜBUNG 3 - ENGLISCH/DEUTSCH
Translate the English sentence into German. CAUTION! Don't change tenses or omit elements!
- The bread had been baked by her sister. _________________________
- We were told nothing. _________________________
- The streets are being torn up. _________________________
- The book had been written by her. _________________________
- It can be proved. _________________________
WERDEN: Present | Past | Future | Commands/Subjunctive | Verb List
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