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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:
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Someone stole my computer. (active)
My computer was stolen. (passive)
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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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