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A2 · SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Passive with werden and a past participle

The process passive focuses on what happens to something. Use a conjugated form of werden and a past participle. An active accusative object can become the passive subject: Man öffnet die Tür becomes Die Tür wird geöffnet. Sein plus a participle often describes a resulting state. Not every verb can form the same personal passive pattern.

Reference

ConstructionExample
Present processDie Tür wird geöffnet.
Plural processDie Briefe werden verschickt.
Resulting stateDie Tür ist geöffnet.

Try four exercises

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1. Die Tür ___ geöffnet. (process)
Answer and explanation

wird

Singular die Tür takes wird.

2. Die Briefe ___ verschickt.
Answer and explanation

werden

Plural die Briefe takes werden.

3. Choose the passive of Man prüft den Antrag.
Answer and explanation

Der Antrag wird geprüft.

Use werden plus the participle geprüft.

4. Die Tür ist geschlossen describes primarily…
Answer and explanation

a resulting state

Ist plus geschlossen describes the state here.

Use it yourself

Write or say two new sentences using this pattern. Compare the forms and word order with the reference above.

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