Discussion
The train will leave at 8.30 pm, so we have been ready by 7.30 pm so that we can reach the station in time.
Answer: B
Correct answer: must be
The train’s departure is a fixed future event, so being ready is a present obligation looking forward. Have been ready is a present perfect, which reports a state already completed, and that cannot describe something the speaker still has to do.
The modal must supplies exactly the obligation required: the train will leave at 8.30 pm, so we must be ready by 7.30 pm. Were and are both drop the sense of necessity.
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