Question

Read the dialogue between a librarian and a student.
Librarian: Welcome back! It's good to see you, young man!
Student: Thanks! I was overloaded with assignments, so I have not visited the library this week.
Based on the conversation above, report the dialogue between a librarian and a student by completing the sentence.
The librarian greeted the student warmly, expressing pleasure at his visit. The student thanked her and explained that __________ which had limited his recent visits to the library.
Select the correct option from those given below :

• A. he had been overloaded with assignments
• B. he has been overloaded with assignments
• C. he was overloaded with assignments
• D. he is overloaded with assignments

Hint:

In reported speech:
- Maintain the correct sequence of tenses.
- Replace pro nouns appropriately to match the context.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Sentence Completion: The librarian greeted the student warmly, expressing pleasure at his visit. The student thanked her and explained that he had been overloaded with assignments, which had limited his recent visits to the library.

Correct Option: (A) he had been overloaded with assignments.

Explanation: The verb was in direct speech changes to had been in the past perfect tense to reflect the sequence of events in reported speech.