Questions about the The Passive poster

What’s on the The Passive poster?

Vorgangspassiv — werden against Zustandspassiv — sein, side by side. Vorgangspassiv — werden: The action as it happens; Vorgangspassiv — werden: Die Tür wird geöffnet – the door is being opened; Vorgangspassiv — werden: werden + past participle; Vorgangspassiv — werden: Perfect: ist geöffnet worden; Zustandspassiv — sein: The resulting state; Zustandspassiv — sein: Die Tür ist geöffnet – the door is open; Zustandspassiv — sein: sein + past participle; Zustandspassiv — sein: Describes, does not narrate; English uses 'is opened' for both. German forces you to choose whether you mean the e…. In the passive perfect, geworden becomes worden. That irregularity exists only in the passive.

Who is the The Passive poster for?

The Passive belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the The Passive poster?

Werden is the process; sein is the resulting state. German distinguishes them clearly. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Passive belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with The Passive?

Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside The Passive in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns

Is the The Passive poster free to download and print?

Yes. The Passive downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the The Passive poster print at?

The Passive is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Passive loses nothing.Printing guide