Question

The board of directors ___________ anxious. *
A. are
B. have been
C. has been
D. were

Answer 1

Answer:

I think the answer is option A are.

Answer 2

The board of directors d.were anxious.

Helping verbs:

• A helping verb is accompanied by the main verb of the sentence and is usually the describes the tense in the sentence.
• Here, the noun 'board of directors' is plural and the main verb 'anxious' gives an idea that the tense of the sentence is in past.
• Hence, the only helping verb accurate and suitable is 'were' which is used for past and is also used before plural nouns only.
• As the sentence is in past the verb 'are' won't be counted, and similarly 'has been' won't be correct as 'has' represents a singular noun.
• The verb 'have been' will make the sentence in perfect past tense and we do not want that, so 'were' will be the correct answer.

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