Die Konstruktion von Sätzen im Simple Past (einfache Vergangenheit) im Aktiv im Englischen ist folgende:
Subject + past tense form of the verb + object
Dieselben Sätze im Englischen, aber im Passiv (passive voice) folgen dieser Konstruktion:
Object of the active sentence + was/were + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence
Umwandlung eines Aussagesatzes vom Aktiv (active voice) ins Passiv (passive voice):
- Active: He wrote a letter.
- Passive: A letter was written by him.
- Active: They knew it.
- Passive: It was known to them.
- Active: She sang a song.
- Passive: A song was sung by her.
- Active: He loved his friends very much.
- Passive: His friends were loved very much by him.
Umwandlung eines Verneinungssatzes ins Passiv (passive voice):
- Active: She did not know anything about it.
- Passive: Nothing about it was known to her.
- Active: Nobody could discourage him from pursuing his path.
- Passive: He could not be discouraged from pursuing his path by anybody.
- Active: You did not listen to me.
- Passive: I was not listened to by you.
- Active: She did not write a story.
- Passive: A story was not written by her.
Umwandlung eines Fragesatzes ins Passiv (passive voice):
Die Passivform dieser Sätze beginnt mit did. Wenn der Satz im Aktiv mit einer Fragewort beginnt, beginnt der Satz im Passiv ebenfalls mit einem Fragewort.
Wenn der Satz im Aktiv mit who oder whose beginnt, beginnt der Satz im Passiv mit by whom oder by whose.
Wenn der Satz im Aktiv mit whom beginnt, beginnt der Satz im Passiv mit who.
- Active: Did he break the window?
- Passive: Was the window broken by him?
- Active: Where could you find such fine art?
- Passive: Where could such fine art be found?
Active: Why did you abuse your servant?- Passive: Why was your servant abused by you?
- Active: Did anyone steal your purse?
- Passive: Was your purse stolen by anyone?
- Active: Did anyone hurt your feelings?
- Passive: Were your feelings hurt by anyone?
- Active: Did Alice invite you?
- Passive: Were you invited by Alice?
- Active: Who killed the snake?
- Passive: By whom was the snake killed?
- Active: Why did he punish you?
- Passive: Why were you punished by him?
- Active: Whom did you laugh at?
- Passive: Who was laughed at by you?
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