Direction : The following sentences improve the underlined part with the help of given options:

I refer to the year when the monsoon was failed.

 The correct answer is 'failed'.

Key Points 

• The error lies in the usage of 'was failed' instead of 'failed' in the given sentence.
• In the given sentence, we are talking about someone who refers to the year when the monsoon failed.
• As in the given sentence was failed is used which indicates the presence of passive form of the sentence, but active form of the sentence is required.
• Passive form of a sentence is a sentence i.e being used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect.
  • Structure of the sentence:- Subject + Helping Verb + V3 + by + the + Object.
    • For example:- He was hit by the ball.
• Active form of a sentence is a sentence with an action verb in which the subject performs the action denoted by the verb.
  • Structure of the sentence:- Subject + Helping Verb/Main verb + Object.
    • For example:- The ball hit him.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

 
Correct Sentence: I refer to the year when the monsoon failed.