Choose the option that completes the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using the key word.
First sentence: Her health improved after she stopped smoking.
Key word: SINCE
Second sentence: Her health has improved ___ smoking.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. since she gave up
- Step 1: Check what grammar the key word needs. Step 2. 'Since' is followed by the past simple for a past event. Answer: since she gave up. Why not the others: The present perfect, wrong word order and present tense are incorrect.
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