alleryStart learning →Which is the reported form of: Ben said, "We are late"?
ABen said that they are late.
BBen said that we were late.
CBen said that they were late.
DBen said that they had late.
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Ben said that they were late.
We becomes they and are shifts to were after the past verb said.
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