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A2 · SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Werden becoming future and passive

Werden has different constructions. With an adjective or noun phrase it can mean become. With an infinitive it can form the future. With a past participle it forms the process passive. Identify the second element before deciding the meaning. Its own Perfekt participle is geworden; passive Perfekt instead uses worden.

Reference

ConstructionExample
BecomeEs wird kalt.
FutureIch werde morgen anrufen.
PassiveDas Zimmer wird gereinigt.
Present formswerde / wirst / wird / werden / werdet / werden

Try four exercises

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1. Es ___ kalt.
Answer and explanation

wird

Es takes wird.

2. Ich werde morgen anrufen. This is…
Answer and explanation

a future construction

Anrufen is an infinitive, so this is future.

3. Das Zimmer wird gereinigt. This is…
Answer and explanation

process passive

Gereinigt is a past participle describing an action on the room.

4. Du ___ müde.
Answer and explanation

wirst

Du takes wirst.

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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