Reconstruct the office gossip by dragging the correct words into this email draft to a coworker.

Our manager announced that the board had decided to cancel that controversial marketing campaign. She explained that she wanted the team to focus entirely on the upcoming merger instead.

Our manager announced that the board had decided to cancel that controversial marketing campaign. She explained that she wanted the team to focus entirely on the upcoming merger instead.

When the reporting verb is in the past ("announced", "explained"), present tenses shift back. "Has decided" (present perfect) becomes "had decided" (past perfect), and "wants" (present simple) becomes "wanted" (past simple).

Additionally, demonstrative pronouns shift away from the speaker: "this" changes to "that".