Q1. [1]
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
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2024 2/1/1 Q3 (iv)
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-15 07:16 · grounding rag
Model Answer
The correct answer is (A) he had been overloaded with assignments.
Explanation
In reported speech, when the reporting verb is in the past tense ("explained"), the present perfect tense ("have not visited / was overloaded") shifts to past perfect ("had been"). Options B and D use present tense (incorrect backshift); option C ("was") is simple past, which doesn't fully reflect the continuous state. Option A correctly applies past perfect tense as required by reported speech rules.
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