Learn · Sentences Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
She told me that she had missed the bus.
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Narrator
She told me that she had missed the bus.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Reporting News
She informed me that she had missed the bus this morning.
Casual Conversation
She said she missed the bus, so she's late.
Formal Writing
She reported that she had been unable to catch the bus.
Expressing Sympathy
Oh no, she missed the bus? That's too bad.
Rephrased versions
Formal
She informed me of her failure to board the bus.
Casual
She missed the bus, she told me.
Simpler English
She said she didn't catch the bus.
Phrases to learn
missed the bus
Failed to catch the scheduled bus.
told me that
Informed me of something.