Use an

1
Introductory Verb

Change Tenses
2
(go backwards in time)

Change
3 here to there
now to then
 Introductory
1
Verb

She told me He said They explained

(that…) (that…) (that..)
We informed her I pointed out
She added (that..)
(that..) (that…)

She whispered
He claimed (that..)
(that..)
They thought
(that..) etc
 Change Tenses
2
(go backwards in time)

Present Past
Simple or Continuous Simple or Continuous

Present Perfect Past Perfect

Simple or Continuous Simple or Continuous

Past Past Perfect

Simple or Continuous Simple or Continuous

Future Simple (will + inf.) would + inf.

 Remember to change these

can could
will would
am, is, are was, were
have, has, had had
was, were had been
 DO NOT change these

V-ing
past participle
to + infinitive
bare infinitive
 Change time and place

this, these that, those, the

here there
now then
today that day
this evening that evening
tonight that night
 Change time and place

yesterday the previous day

the day before
last week the previous week
the week before
tomorrow the next day
the following day
next year the following year
 I love reading books, especially when they
have such an exciting plot as this one.

she loved reading books

Aunt Molly said ____________________
they had such an
especially when ____________
that one
exciting plot as ____________.

a that loved read

b they have
that she loves reading they had
she loved reading we had

c this one
that one
the one
 We could have a look at this photo album.
It’s got all the photos Lucy took on her
holiday.
we could have a look at
Brian said __________________
the photo album and explained
______
____________ had taken
that it had all the photos Lucy _________ on
her holiday.

a they could had

b the
this
we could have
that they can have these

c it has d taked
they had got had taken
that it had has taken
 Mary used dad’s credit card to buy clothes
and I don’t think dad will be very happy.

Ellie informed her mum that Mary

had used their dad’s
________________________ credit card
to buy clothes and ________________
_________ she didn’t think
would be
he ______________ very happy.

a had used their dad’s

used dad’s b to buy
to bought
had been used the dad’s bought

c she didn’t thought d was

she didn’t think would be
she hadn’t thought would was
 I’m getting good at driving. Actually, I think
I’m going to be an excellent driver!

she was gettinggood at

Tina claimed that __________________
_____________driving
and that , actually,
she thought
______________ she was going to be
_____________________ an
excellent driver.

a Tina got
she was getting
b driving
drove
that she had been getting driven

c she’s thinking
I thought
d she ‘s going to was
she was going to be
she thought I’m going to being
 We didn’t do our history class today so we
had a free period.

they hadn’t done

Mona explained that __________________
that day , so
their histrory class ___________
________
they ‘d had
__________________ a free period.

a they didn’t do
they didn’t
b their
our
they hadn’t done theirs

c that day
the day before
d they had
they’d had
the next day they would have