Question

The people had caught the thief.
Change into passive voice

Answer 1

∆ Answer -

The thief had been caught by the people .

∆ Rules to be followed -

Bring the object in front in Passive voice .

Keep the subject at last .

Sentences in which verbs are intransitive cant be changed into Passive voice .

Sometimes , subject can be omitted or ignored as in Agentless Passive Structures .

Change the tenses accordingly . For most instances , they'll be changed to their Past forms .

Answer 2

Active Voice refers to a sentence in which the subject is performing the action.

Passive Voice refers to a sentence in which the subject undergoes the action. In other words, it is writing the sentence in reverse order.

Example: Amelia is playing football. (Active)

               Football is being played by Amelia. (Passive)

NOTE: A sentence that conveys a habitual action cannot be changed to passive mode.

The people had caught the thief. (Active)

The thief had been caught by the people. (Passive)