Rewrite the following passage in the Passive. Somebody has stolen a bus from outside the schol. Some children saw the thief. The police are
searching for the bus now. They will use the children's descriptions to catch the thief.
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The bus has been stolen from outside the school. The thief was seen by some children. The bus is currently being searched for by the police. The descriptions provided by the children will be used by the police to catch the thief.

Explanation:
To rewrite the passage in the passive voice, we need to change the sentence structure to focus on the action being done to the subject (the bus, the thief, the police, the children).

1. "Somebody has stolen a bus from outside the school" becomes "The bus has been stolen from outside the school." In the passive voice, the subject (the bus) becomes the object and the object (somebody) becomes the subject. The verb "has stolen" is changed to "has been stolen" to show that the action was done to the bus.

2. "Some children saw the thief" becomes "The thief was seen by some children." In the passive voice, the subject (the thief) becomes the object and the object (some children) becomes the subject. The verb "saw" is changed to "was seen" to show that the thief was the one being seen.

3. "The police are searching for the bus now" becomes "The bus is currently being searched for by the police." In the passive voice, the subject (the police) becomes the object and the object (the bus) becomes the subject. The verb "are searching" is changed to "is currently being searched for" to show that the bus is the one being searched for.

4. "They will use the children's descriptions to catch the thief" remains unchanged as it is already in the passive voice.

By rewriting the passage in the passive voice, we focus on the objects (the bus, the thief, the police) rather than the subjects (somebody, the children) and emphasize the actions being done to them. This helps to give a clearer understanding of what is happening in the sentence.