Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
He and his wife have lived next to me _______ their son, Tom, was born.

• A. for
• B. when
• C. since
• D. none of the above
  

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

since

Answer : C

Explanation:

Adverbs are words that modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb or a sentence.

Here to correctly complete the sentence we have to fill the blank with an adverb is concerned with time.

The sentence in the question is present perfect tense (has / have + past participle)

Let's understand what the various alternatives mean:

--for : can be used with present perfect to define a particular duration

--when : at what time

--since : is used along with present perfect tense to refer to a point in time

And in the sentence, there is only one point/event in time is marked, i.e. birth of Tom.

Thus clearly the grammatically correct alternative is "since".

Therefore the correct complete sentence is:

He and his wife have lived next to me SINCE their son, Tom, was born.