Question

My mother _ busy cooking for the guests who _ arriving in the evening 1)has been,are 2)had been ,are 3)is ,were

Answer 1

My mother has been busy cooking for the guests who are arriving in the evening.

• ''has been'' is a present perfect.

• Present perfect continuous tense describes the action that is started in the past and continues to the present.

• ''are'' is an auxiliary verb.

• Auxiliary verbs are the verbs that help the main verb to describe the action.

• According to the given sentence, grammatically it is correct to use ''has been'' and ''are''.

Hence, the required answer is an option (1) has been, are

Answer 2

Answer:

has been is the correct answer