The passive

The robber was seen at the airport.

The robber is being followed.
The robber will be caught soon.

Active to Passive
Active Passive
to infinitive to catch to be caught
to have + pp to have caught to have been caught
v-ing / gerund catching being caught
having + pp having caught having been caught
present simple catch/catches am/are/is caught
present continuous am/are/is catching am/are/is being caught
future simple will catch will be caught
going to am/are/is going to catch am/are/is going to be caught
present perfect has/have caught has/have been caught
past simple caught was/were caught
past continuous was catching was being caught
past perfect had caught had been caught
would would catch would be caught
would have + pp would have caught would have been caught
causative Someone cut my hair I had my hair cut
I got my hair cut
general beliefs Everyone believes that It is believed that
Everyone said that It is said that
The owners agreed that It was agreed that
The news reported that It is reported that
Police have announced It has been announced that
People thought that It was thought that
We use passive when
1. We don’t know who did it
2. The action is more important
3. It is obvious who did it.

Verbs with two objects: gave, send, buy, bring

Active
gave A witness gave the
police some information.
send Lots of fans sent the
footballer birthday cards.
Passive
The police were given some information by a witness.
Some information was given to the police by a witness.
The footballer was sent birthday cards by lots of fans.
Birthday cards were sent to the footballer by lots of fans.