1. The Passive Voice
In most sentences the subject performs the action of the verb.
example : Meine Mutter bringt die Wäsche in den Keller.
My mother is taking the laundry to the basement.
subject
verb
direct object
In some sentences the subject receives the action of the verb.
example : Die Wäsche wird von meiner Mutter in den Keller gebracht.
subject
verb
agent
verb
The laundry is being taken to the basement by my mother.

3. Active or Passive? John tore out the page
Active Voice
Agent
Changed to Passive Voice
                            
The presiding officer
                                   
                              
The leaders
                                    
                           
The scientists
Active Voice
Agent
Changed to Passive Voice
                            
The presiding officer
                                   
                              
The leaders
                                    
                           
The scientists
Active Voice
Agent
Changed to Passive Voice
                            
The presiding officer
                                   
                              
The leaders
                                    
                           
The scientists
Active or Passive?
John tore out the page
The page was torn out by John.
The page was torn out.
Cats hate furballs.
Furballs are hated by cats.

4. Forming the Passive Voice
The Passive Voice IN THE PRESENT TENSE is formed by using the verb WERDEN followed by the past participle.
ich du
er/sie/es
wir, sie, Sie
ihr
werde
wirst
+ geverb
wird
werden
werdet

5. Forming the Passive Voice
The Passive Voice THE PAST TENSE is formed by using the verb WERDEN IN THE SIMPLE PAST followed by the past participle.
ich du
er/sie/es
wir, sie, Sie
ihr
wurde
wurdest
+ geverb
wurde
wurden
wurdet

6. The Agent in Passive Voice
The subject in a passive sentence is being acted upon. The person performing the action is called the agent. The agent is expressed using the dative preposition VON.
example : Ich werde von meinem Freund abgeholt.
I will be picked up by my friend.
If the action of the verb is performed by a thing, rather than a person, that instrument is expressed using the accusative preposition DURCH.
example : Die Bücher werden durch die Schule gekauft.
The books will be bought by the school.

7. WERDEN / WURDEN
ich du
er/sie/es
wir, sie, Sie
ihr

8. THE USAGE OF WERDEN werden as a main verb “to become” Er wird Arzt
werden as “will” in future tense
Er wird mich anrufen.
werden in the passive voice
Der Brief wird morgen geschrieben K K K K