It ___ 3 years since his grandmather___A is dead B is has dead Cwas dying 请重点解释下第一空

问题描述:

It ___ 3 years since his grandmather___
A is dead B is has dead Cwas dying 请重点解释下第一空

Since it is late I shall go home now
本来我也以为选Was的,但是后面不对

都不对吧since his grandma was dead.

都不对
应该是It is 3 years since his grandmather died.
since从句用一般过去式