Study Resource: German passive voice reference sheet

By: Mareen Fuchs

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These activities are part of our German Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Rules for passive voice in different German tenses

Tenses	Active voice	Passive voice
Present tense	Ich parke mein Auto. I park my car.	Mein Auto wird geparkt. My car is parked.
Present perfect	Ich habe mein Auto geparkt. I have parked my car.	Mein Auto ist geparkt worden. My car has been parked.
Simple past	Ich parkte mein Auto. I parked my car.	Mein Auto wurde geparkt. My car was parked.
Past perfect	Ich hatte mein Auto geparkt. I had parked my car.	Mein Auto war geparkt worden. My car had been parked.
Future I	Ich werde mein Auto parken. I will park my car.	Mein Auto wird geparkt werden. My car will be parked.
Future II	Ich werde mein Auto geparkt haben. I will have parked my car.	Mein Auto wird geparkt worden sein. My car will have been parked.

Tenses	Active voice	Passive voice
Present tense	Ich muss das Bett machen. I have to make the bed.	Das Bett muss gemacht werden. The bed has to be made.
Present perfect	Ich habe das Bett machen müssen. I had to make the bed.	Das Bett hat gemacht werden müssen. The bed had to be made.
Simple past	Ich musste das Bett machen. I had to make the bed.	Das Bett musste gemacht werden. The bed had to be made.
Past perfect	Ich hatte das Bett machen müssen. I had to make the bed.	Das Bett hatte gemacht werden müssen. The bed had to be made.
Future I	Ich werde mein Auto parken. I will have to make the bed.	Das Bett wird gemacht werden müssen. The bed will have to be made.
Future II (rarely used in German)	Ich werde das Bett haben machen müssen. I will have made the bed.	Das Bett wird haben gemacht werden müssen. The bed will have had to be made.

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