Question

Re-write the following in passive voice without using ‘somebody/they/people’ etc.
They cancelled all flights because of fog.
(a) All flights are cancelled because of fog.
(b) All flights got cancelled because of fog.
(c) All flights had to be cancelled because of fog.
(d) All flights were cancelled because of fog.

Answer 1

Hint: Read the sentence and try to convey the same to a third person in your head. Now go through the options and choose the one which is the closest to the sentence you framed for conveying the given sentence to a third person. Here, the term ‘third-person’ plays a key role.

Complete answer:
 There are two types of voice-
Active voice is a grammatical voice in which the subject acts, whereas Passive voice is a grammatical voice in which the subject receives the action of the verb. The object is more emphasized in the passive voice.
Let’s look at the rules that we need to follow while changing an active voice to passive voice-
1) The position of the subject and object are interchanged.
2) We use a ‘by’ with the subject to indicate who acted.
3) We use the corresponding tense form with the past participle form of the verb.
In the given question- We can conclude that all flights were canceled because of fog.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘All flights are cancelled because of fog’ is an incorrect option because we cannot use the present tense form.
Option b- ‘All flights got cancelled because of fog’ is an incorrect option because we do not use ‘got’ in a formal language.
Option c- ‘All flights had to be cancelled because of fog’ is an incorrect option because the given sentence produces a different meaning.
Option d- ‘All flights were cancelled because of fog’ is the correct option because we can see the use of the appropriate tense. Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘d’.

Note:
 Keep in mind, we always use the third form or the past participle form in the passive voice. Also, it is important to use the appropriate corresponding tense forms.