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 welcomed the student enthusiastically. The student expressed gratitude and stated that he was overwhelmed by his workload, which had kept him from visiting the library frequently.

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

Explanation: In reported speech, the past tense verb was in direct speech shifts to the past perfect tense had been to indicate an earlier action relative to the reporting verb.