The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He was unable / to help me because / he had been failed / to arrange the money.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. he had been failed.
- The error lies in the option 2 due to the wrong usage of the tense.
- Simple Past tense and Past Perfect tense are used together in a sentence when we are speaking of two actions in the past which took place at different times.
- We use past perfect tense for the previously concluded action i.e. for the action that happened earlier. And, for the other action in the past we use simple past tense.
- Therefore, 'he had failed' should be used instead of 'he had been failed' in the given sentence.
The correct sentence will be:-
He was unable to help me because he had failed to arrange the money.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 2 i.e. he had been failed.