Question

The last five weeks.................. a period of anxiety and terror for all of us.

• A. were
• B. have been
• C. are
• D. is

Answer 1

Answer:

B. have been

• The sentence describes a period lasting “the last five weeks,” which indicates an ongoing time frame that connects to the present.

• This requires the present perfect tense, have been, to show something that started in the past and continues to the present.