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choose the correct answer



normandey
Egypt

choose the correct answer
 
No body has come to see us since we ---------- in our new house. a) have lived b) had lived c) lived

14 Sep 2018      





cunliffe
United Kingdom

a) have lived. You could also have �since we have been living � but that �s not an option. 

14 Sep 2018     



PRAVIA
Morocco

Since we lived. " SINCE" Always followed by a past date. eg since last .............. since 1996  etc

15 Sep 2018     



kohai
Latvia

Pravia, I don �t agree with you.
 
From The Cambridge Online  Dictionary:  Since and Tenses
 
When since introduces an action or event at a point of time in the past, we can use the past simple or present perfect after since and the present perfect in the main clause:
They haven�t received any junk mail since they moved house.
They haven�t received any junk mail since they�ve moved house.
 
We can use the past simple, present perfect or past perfect after since with the expression it + be + time + since:
It�s been years since I rode a bike. (it�s = it has)
It�s been years since I�ve ridden a bike. (it�s = it has)
It�s years since I rode a bike. (it�s = it is)
It�s years since I�ve ridden a bike. (it�s = it is)
It�d been years since I�d ridden a bike. (it�d = it had)
(It�s been years since � is more common in American English than It�s years since �.)

When since introduces a state in the past that is still continuing in the present, we use a present perfect form of the verb after since and a present perfect form of the verb in the main clause:
Since I�ve been back at work, I�ve been feeling great.
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I think that the last example proves the correctness of the given sentence, written in the way suggested by Lynne:
Nobody has come to see us since we have lived in our new house. 
OR
Nobody has come to see us since we have been living in our new house.

15 Sep 2018     



yanogator
United States

I agree with Lynne and Kohai.
 
Bruce 

16 Sep 2018