An English grammar
----- Since graduation from high school, Joe had to find jobs to sustain himself.
(A)Having self-supported (B) Self-supported
(C)Self-supporting (D) Being self-supported

Could anyone tell me which is correct and why?
I know I must be wrong because what I thought was 'Having been self-supported', but there isn't this answer. I don't know why I am wrong.

By the way, the correct answer is (C)

Question

An English grammar
----- Since graduation from high school, Joe had to find jobs to sustain himself.
(A)Having self-supported (B) Self-supported
(C)Self-supporting  (D) Being self-supported

Could anyone tell me which is correct and why?
I know I must be wrong because what I thought was 'Having been self-supported', but there isn't this answer.  I don't know why I am wrong.

By the way, the correct answer is (C)

Answer

Native English speaker from the USA.
Self-supporting since high school...
This is an introduction (sorry I don’t know the grammar term for it) to the remainder of the sentence.
Supporting himself (means self-supporting) since high school, Joe had to find jobs to sustain him.

Answer

"Being self-supported" works, your choice is also correct it's just not in the options. It happens in tests- there might be a better option but the one who wrote the test didn't think about that.

Answer

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