Concept:When converting indirect speech back to direct speech, we reverse the standard backshift rules. Past Perfect tense changes to Simple Past, and indirect time references return to their direct form.
Explanation:Start with the indirect sentence: "Adit explained that he hadn't had the time to prepare his speech the day before."
Change the pronoun. "He" refers to Adit, so in direct speech he says "I". "His speech" becomes "my speech".
Change the tense. "Hadn't had" (Past Perfect) becomes "didn't have" (Simple Past) in the direct quote.
Change the time expression. "The day before" is an indirect reference; in direct speech, the speaker originally said "yesterday".
Now evaluate the options. Option B perfectly applies all these changes: "I didn't have", "my speech", and "yesterday".
Option A uses "I haven't had" (Present Perfect) and keeps "the day before". Option C uses the correct tense but keeps the indirect phrase "the day before". Option D retains the Past Perfect "hadn't had", which is the indirect tense, not the original direct tense.
Answer:Option B (Adit said, "I didn't have the time to prepare my speech yesterday.")