Choose the correct indirect (reported) speech for: He said, “I was late, so I missed the bus.”

Explanation

In a sentence with a result clause introduced by ‘so,’ each clause backshifts independently according to its own original tense. Since both ‘was late’ and ‘missed’ are in the simple past, both shift further back to the past perfect, giving ‘had been late’ and ‘had missed,’ while the connector ‘so’ itself remains unchanged. Explore more English MCQs on mcqstutor to keep practicing.