Choose the correct passive voice: "The airline cancelled the flight due to the storm."
Difficulty: Hard
About this MCQ
This Hard Active and Passive Voice question asks: Choose the correct passive voice: "The airline cancelled the flight due to the storm." The correct choice is C. The flight was cancelled by the airline due to the storm.. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.
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- A. The flight has been cancelled by the airline due to the storm.
Why not A: “The flight has been cancelled by the airline due to the storm.” does not fit this question. The answer is The flight was cancelled by the airline due to the storm..
- B. The flight was cancel by the airline due to the storm.
Why not B: “The flight was cancel by the airline due to the storm.” does not fit this question. The answer is The flight was cancelled by the airline due to the storm..
- C. The flight was cancelled by the airline due to the storm. ✓
- D. The flight is cancelled by the airline due to the storm.
Why not D: “The flight is cancelled by the airline due to the storm.” does not fit this question. The answer is The flight was cancelled by the airline due to the storm..
Correct answer
C. The flight was cancelled by the airline due to the storm.
Explanation
The flight was cancelled by the airline due to the storm. (option C) is the accepted answer to “Choose the correct passive voice: "The airline cancelled the flight due to the storm."”. Option A (The flight has been cancelled by the airline due to the storm.) does not fit this question. Option B (The flight was cancel by the airline due to the storm.) does not fit this question. Option D (The flight is cancelled by the airline due to the storm.) does not fit this question. For this Active and Passive Voice question, the accepted answer is The flight was cancelled by the airline due to the storm..
Source: Active and Passive Voice Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: FPSC, PPSC, grammar, voice, sentence structure, NTS
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