Past Passive – Interactive Exercises
October 31, 2020
April 24, 2021
Welcome to these exercises related to the past passive, ie. the passive imperfect! I hope these will help you practice the usage and formation of the past passive a little. If you’re new to the passive, I also have a separate interactive exercises about the present passive.
Exercise 1: From level A2.1
Prior knowledge:
Exercise 2: From level A2.1
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Some simple vocabulary
- Used here is the “real” passive: we’re not mentioning who did these things
Exercise 3: From level A2.1
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Used here like in spoken language to replace the normal first person plural -mme form.
Exercise 4: From level A2.1
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Used here like in spoken language to replace the normal first person plural -mme form.
Exercise 5: From level A2.1
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Used here like in spoken language to replace the normal first person plural -mme form.
Exercise 6: From level A2.2
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Used here like in spoken language to replace the normal first person plural -mme form.
Exercise 7: From level A2.2
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Used here like in spoken language to replace the normal first person plural -mme form.
Exercise 8: From level A2.2
Beware! This text contains many words ending in -tiin which are NOT passive imperfect forms! There are 8 passive imperfects in the text.
Exercise 9: From level A2.2
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Used here as the spoken language passive
- Pay special attention to consonant gradation!
Exercise 10: From level A2.2
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Used here as the “real” passive: we’re not mentioning who did these things
Exercise 11: From level A2.2
Prior knowledge:
- The negative passive imperfect
- Used here as the “real” passive: we’re not mentioning who did these things
Exercise 12: From level A2.2
Prior knowledge:
- The negative passive imperfect
- Used here as the “real” passive: we’re not mentioning who did these things
Exercise 13: From level A2.2
Prior knowledge:
- The affirmative and negative passive imperfect
- Used here like in spoken language to replace the normal first person plural -mme form.
Exercise 14: From level A2.2
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Used here as the “real” passive: we’re not mentioning who did these things
Exercise 15: From level B1.1
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- Fairly wide vocabulary
- Used here as the “real” passive: we’re not mentioning who did these things
Exercise 16: From level B1.1
Prior knowledge:
- The passive imperfect
- A fairly wide vocabulary
- Used here like in spoken language to replace the normal first person plural -mme form.
Exercise 17: From level B1.1
Prior knowledge:
- B1.1-level vocabulary
- The passive imperfect
- This exercise contains the “real” passive: we’re not mentioning who did these things.
Exercise 18: From level B1.1
Prior knowledge:
- The negative passive imperfect
- Fairly wide vocabulary
- Used here as the “real” passive: we’re not mentioning who did these things
- uusikielemme
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