Passive present and past simple

The passive

present and past simple

Simple present passive

Struktur

• Form: am/is/are + Past Participle (3. Form des Verbs --> gone, risen, thrown,...)

• Beispiel: A stone is thrown into the lake. (Ein Stein wird in den See geworfen.)

Merksatz:
Im Simple Present Passive wird das Verb "to be" (am/is/are) mit dem Past Participle (gone, seen, thrown,...) kombiniert.

• The book is read (by the students)

• Our house is cleaned (by my father)

​passive

• The students read the book.

• My father cleans our house.

aktive

Beispiele

​Es ist das gleiche Prinzip wie im Deutsch.

• der Fokus liegt auf der Handlung

• der Akteur kann angegeben werden

passive

• der Fokus liegt auf dem Akteur

• der Akteur muss benannt werden

​active

Active/passive?

Simple past passive

Struktur

• Form: was/were + Past Participle (3. Form des Verbs --> gone, risen, thrown,...)

• Beispiel: The famous actor was seen at the beach. (Der berühmte Schauspieler wurde am Strand gesehen)

Merksatz:
Im Simple Present Passive wird das Verb "to be" im past (was/were) mit dem Past Participle (gone, seen, thrown,...) kombiniert.

Multiple Choice

The room is cleaned every day.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

The children ate a piece of cake.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

The project was completed on time.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

They visit their grandparents every weekend.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

Cindarella baked a cake for her parents.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

Natalie opened the window.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

The door was closed by the wind.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

A star was born.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

1. The letters ______ every morning.

• deliver

• are delivered

• delivers

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Setze ins passive simple present: The homework

(do) by the students.

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Setze ins passive simple present: The book

(read) by the students.

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Setze ins passive simple past: The books

(read) by the students.

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Setze ins passive simple present: She writes the reports.

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Setze ins passive simple past: The homework

(do) by the students.

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Setze ins passive simple past: My parents made the bed every day.