Choose the correct option. 1 as he was late ,so he marked absent 2 as he is late,so he was marked absent 3 as he had been late ,so he was marked absent.

Answer 1

The correct option here, based on the context is 3! The last choice is the only one that makes sense in terms of using the correct tenses logically. "He had been late" is the past perfect tense, so it makes sense to follow it with the simple past, which is "he was marked", in this case. 1 and 2 don't use the correct tenses in logical order. The first choice doesn't use a logical progression since the first and second clauses are both in simple past. The second choice doesn't use a logical progression either since one clause is in the present followed by the past. In choice 2 it also doesn't make sense to use the word "as" here. If we wanted to rewrite option to make more sense, and preserve the structure somewhat, we could say "Since he was late, he was marked absent". However, we would have to lose the present tense in the first clause because it wouldn't make sense.The use of "so" in option 2 is also not correct.

The best choice here is option 3.

Answer 2

It's number 3 - the only one that makes sense.