为啥是the year that followed而不是the years that？

Question

following？year和follow不是主动关系吗？因为是接下来的几年啊，year follow现在啊

Answer 1

名词和动词的位置关系决定了，用被动和主动，名词在前用被动，名字在后用主动。the year that followed
the following year