Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. "Oh no! We have missed the flight," she said. (a) She cried that we have missed the flight. (b) She was sorry that they missed the flight. (c) She regretted that they had missed the flight. (d) She exclaimed that we had missed the flight.

Options

A. She cried that we have missed the flight.
B. She was sorry that they missed the flight.
C. She regretted that they had missed the flight.
D. She exclaimed that we had missed the flight.

Answer

C

Explanation

She regretted that they had missed the flight. (Correct)
(a) She cried that `ul("we have")` missed the flight. (Incorrect tense)
(b) She was sorry that `ul("they missed")` the flight. (Change of reported speech to simple past is incorrect)
(d) She exclaimed that `ul("we")` had missed the flight. (Incorrect pronoun)