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Passive modal auxiliary forms

Passive constructions with modal auxiliary verbs take the following form:

modal auxiliary + past participle of main verb + infinitive of werden

Das Badezimmer muss noch geputzt werden.
Diese Tatsache soll in Betracht gezogen werden.
The bathroom must still be cleaned.
This fact should be taken into account.
Exercise

The modal auxiliary verb itself changes tense to form the other tenses of these constructions.

Das Badezimmer musste noch geputzt werden.
Das Badezimmer wird noch geputzt werden müssen.
The bathroom still had to be cleaned.
The bathroom will still have to be cleaned.
Exercise Exercise