Tenses |
Active |
Active translation |
PASSIVE |
Passive translation |
| Simple present |
Jayne writes a book |
...schreibt... |
A book is written by Jayne |
...wird geschrieben... |
| Present progressive |
Jayne is writing a book |
...schreibt gerade... |
A book is being written by Jayne |
...wird (gerade) geschrieben... |
| Present perfect |
Jayne has written a book |
...hat geschrieben... |
A book has been written by Jayne |
... ist geschrieben worden... |
| Simple past |
Jayne wrote a book |
...schrieb... |
A book was written by Jayne |
... wurde geschrieben... |
| Past progressive |
Jayne was writing a book |
...schrieb gerade... |
A book was being written by Jayne |
...wurde (gerade) geschrieben... |
| Past perfect |
Jayne had written a book |
...hatte geschrieben... |
A book had been written by Jayne |
...war geschrieben worden... |
| will-future |
Jayne will write a book |
...wird schreiben... |
A book will be written by Jayne |
...wird geschrieben werden... |
| Going to-future |
Jayne is going to write a book |
...wird schreiben... |
A book is going to be written by Jayne |
...wird geschrieben werden... |
| Auxiliary Modal verbs |
Jayne can/must/may/...write a book |
...kann, muss, darf schreiben... |
A book can/must/may... be written by Jayne |
... kann, muss, darf geschrieben werden... |
