fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

These six employees ........ absent from work since new year’s day.

  • A Are
  • B Have been
  • C Were
  • D Had been
  • E Are being
jamb 1981english-language

The correct answer is B. Have been

The complete sentence would be: "These six employees **have been** absent from work since New Year’s Day."

"have been" is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues into the present.

This choice is appropriate because it shows that the absence started in the past (on New Year's Day) and has continued up to the present moment.

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