SENTENCE written in Indirect speech, we need to change it to Direct Speech. Option 1 is the right answer.While changing from Indirect to Direct the Past Perfect changes to Simple Past Tense.The given sentence- He told me that he had been late for the interview.Subject + Reporting VERB + That + Reported Speech (Past Perfect).Will get converted to- He said to me. “I was late for the interview.”Subject + Reporting Verb + Reported Speech (Past Tense).So Option 1 is the right answer as it changes the past perfect-- 'had been late' to simple past tense - 'was late'. Option 2 uses the third person-- He had been late instead of the 1st person I.Option 3 has the present continuous-- is being late.Option 4 has the past continuous-- was being late.Option 1 is the right answer.NOTE:We use inverted COMMAS (") (also called quotation marks, quotes or speech marks) to indicate direct speech.A COMMA (,) is used at the end of the quotation, before the closing speech mark.A comma is also used before the quotation if we start the sentence with the reporting clause.The terminal full stop (.) comes before the closing speech mark.If the quotation is a question or EXCLAMATION, the terminal marks (? and !) also come before the closing speech marks.The quotation normally begins with a capital letter, except if it is interrupted by a reporting clause, in which case the first letter of the continuation is not capitalised.