A is the correct answer, because it is grammatically correct and the noun/verb agrees.
Answer:
He came to my house <u>in</u> my absence.
Explanation:
The word that is missing in the given sentence is the preposition <em>in</em>. Prepositions are words used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence and express the relationship between them.
The phrase <em>in the absence of (someone or something) / in (someone's or something's) absence</em> means <em>while someone/something is away</em>. The word <em>in </em>will always be used in this case.
The sentence presented above is an example of a complex sentence based on its structure. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and a dependent one. In the given the independent clause is the man was already listening to his new iPod and the dependent clause is ready to go out for his daily jog around Central Park.
What grade is this so can look in my old social studies textbook. I think I did the same exact assignment