Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.
He said, "I may be late."

He said that I might be late.Correct answerYour answerHe said that he might be late.Correct answerYour answerHe said that he might have been late.Correct answerYour answerHe said that he would late.Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

"May" moves back to "might" after a past reporting verb: "He said that he might be late."

Worth noting

"Might have been late" makes it a guess about the past. He was talking about the future.

Concept: "May" becomes "might"
Typical timeTypical: 45 s
Your timeYours: —

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Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.He said, "I may be late."

Explanation

Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.
He said, "I may be late."