This question is missing the quotation. I've found it online. It is as follows:
"Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible" (Rockwell).
Answer:
The indirect quotation that correctly sequences the verbs is:
4. Rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything.
Explanation:
In this question, we were asked to work with indirect speech. Indirect speech means we are reporting what was said by someone. The general rule is that, when we report, we should use the past tense of the original tense used by the speaker. That is, if the speaker used verbs in the Simple Present, we should report them in the Simple Past etc. There are exceptions to this general rule, of course. In some specific cases, we will not change the verb tense. But, since the quotation we are working with is indeed about something that has already taken place, we must make the changes. When the speaker uses the Simple Past, we should report with the Past Perfect. Therefore:
"Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible" (Rockwell).
Rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything.
