Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:
_____ his death, his books were donated to the local school.

• A. before
• B. during
• C. after
• D. since

Answer 1

The correct option is C after

Answer : C

Prepositions are words that indicate relationships with the other words in the sentence. Prepositions of time are used to denote time in a sentence.

Let's look at the usage of various alternatives in the option as preposition of time:

• before : means "A time earlier than"
• during : means "throughout the duration of a period of time"
• after : to mean in the following time
• since : to refer to a range of time (from one specific time to another)
  

Upon reading the sentence in the question, we understand that the speaker is conveying post the death of the person, the books that belonged to him were donated to the local school.

Therefore the suitable preposition here is "after".

Thus, the correct complete sentence is:

AFTER his death, his books were donated to the local school.