The window was broken by a baseball.

Review of the Passive Voice

We can often make English sentences in both the active and passive voice:

Someone stole my computer. (active)

My computer was stolen. (passive)

When I left work, a person was cleaning the office. (active)

The office was being cleaned when I left work. (passive)

To make sentences in the passive voice, use be and the past participle form of a verb.

The past participle form of regular verbs is ...ed:

  • called
  • looked
  • talked
  • played
  • studied
  • kissed
  • washed

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