Choose the option that is the most appropriate conversion of the following sentence into Direct Speech.
The technician explained that the system had crashed due to a power surge.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Correct Answer: The technician explained, "The system had crashed due to a power surge."
Explanation
• When converting Indirect Speech into Direct Speech, the conjunction that is removed and replaced with a comma and quotation marks.
• The past perfect tense (had crashed) in indirect speech either remains in the past perfect or originates from the simple past/present perfect.
• Among the given choices, only the selected sentence maintains correct grammar and tense. The other choices contain grammatical errors such as incorrect subject-verb agreement ("system have crashed") or incorrect verb forms ("has crash").